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Work Capacity Evaluation
| Medical Definition: | Assessment of physiological capacities in relation to job requirements. It is usually done by measuring certain physiological (e.g., circulatory and respiratory) variables during a gradually increasing workload until specific limitations occur with respect to those variables. |
| Guide Notes: | no qualif; DF: WORK CAPAC EVALUATION |
| Previously Indexed: | Disability Evaluation (1966-1974) |
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