Return to work after early-stage breast cancer: A cohort study into the effects of treatment and cancer-related symptoms

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-272

  Balak, Fulya ^a   Roelen, Corné A M ^a,b   Koopmans, Petra C ^a,b   Ten Berge, Elike E ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^b  

^a ArboNed Occupational Health Services   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Absence duration; Breast cancer; Cancer related symptoms; Return to work; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYEE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 50249189022     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-008-9146-z     Document Type: Article

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