Marriage, employment, and health insurance in adult survivors of childhood cancer

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-245

  Crom, Deborah B ^a,b   Lensing, Shelly Y ^a   Rai, Shesh N ^a   Snider, Mark A ^c   Cash, Darlene K ^a   Hudson, Melissa M ^a,c  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Health Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Employment; Insurance; Marriage; Neoplasms; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; TENNESSEE; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 34748908812     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-007-0026-x     Document Type: Article

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