Employment and the common cancers: Overview

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 369-372

  Wynn, Philip ^a  

^a DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absence; Cancer; Occupational health; Work

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK CAPACITY; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SICK LEAVE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 69549086672     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp085     Document Type: Review

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