Employment and cancer: Findings from a longitudinal study of breast and prostate cancer survivors

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-54

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Neumark, David ^b,c   Luo, Zhehui ^d   Schenk, Maryjean ^e  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Economic; Employment; Prostate cancer; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ABSENTEEISM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33947246679     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900601130664     Document Type: Article

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