Risk for unemployment of cancer survivors: A Danish cohort study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1866-1874

  Carlsen, Kathrine ^a   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^b   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Socioeconomic position; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 49549121812     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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