Work resumption after newly diagnosed coronary heart disease: Findings on the importance of paid leave

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 430-441

  Earle, Alison ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^b   Heymann, Jody ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LEAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK RESUMPTION;

EID: 33745116942     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.430     Document Type: Article

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