Chances of employment in women and men after surgery of congenital heart disease: Comparisons between patients and the general population

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-33

  Geyer, Siegfried ^a   Norozi, Kambiz ^a   Buchhorn, Reiner ^b   Wessel, Armin ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Employment; Gender; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849104798     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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