Employment status and work-related difficulties in stomach cancer survivors compared with the general population

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 708-715

  Lee, M K ^a   Lee, K M ^a   Bae, J M ^a   Kim, S ^b   Kim, Y W ^a   Ryu, K W ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Noh, J H ^b   Sohn, T S ^b   Hong, S K ^b   Yun, Y H ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Employment status; General population; Stomach cancer survivor; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 39449107701     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604236     Document Type: Article

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