Long-term effects of cancer survivorship on the employment of older workers

Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1 P1, 2008, Pages 193-210

  Short, Pamela Farley ^a   Vasey, Joseph J ^a   Moran, John R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Chronic illness; Employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; WORK SCHEDULE; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40649110739     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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