Work absence after breast cancer diagnosis: A population-based study

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 765-769

  Drolet, Mélanie ^a   Maunsell, Elizabeth ^a,b   Mondor, Myrto ^a   Brisson, Chantal ^a,b   Brisson, Jacques ^a,b   Mâsse, Benoît ^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

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 26444508434     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050178     Document Type: Article

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