The employment and insurance concerns of cancer survivors

Cancer Survivorship: Today and Tomorrow

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 272-282

  Hoffman, Barbara ^a  

^a Lewis and Clark Law School   (United States)

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EID: 67749140562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68265-5_20     Document Type: Chapter

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