Employment and the common cancers: Correlates of work ability during or following cancer treatment

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 381-389

  Munir, F ^a   Yarker, J ^b   McDermott, Hilary ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Productivity; Psychosocial; Review; Treatment; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; AGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; EMPLOYMENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SICK LEAVE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 69549101605     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp088     Document Type: Review

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