Work situation after breast cancer: Results from a population-based study

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1813-1822

  Maunsell, Elizabeth ^a,b   Drolet, Mélanie ^a,b   Brisson, Jacques ^a,b   Brisson, Chantal ^a,b   Mâsse, Benoit ^c   Deschênes, Luc ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 11444257727     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh335     Document Type: Article

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