Employment and the common cancers: Return to work of cancer survivors

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 378-380

  de Boer, A G E M ^a   Frings Dresen, M H W ^a  

^a Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Europe; Re integration; Research; Return to work; Work

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; NURSING INTERVENTION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 69549091988     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp087     Document Type: Review

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