The impact of cancer on spouses' labor earnings: A population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue SUPPL. 18, 2009, Pages 4350-4361

  Syse, Astri ^a   Tretli, Steinar ^a,b   Kravdal, Øystein ^a,c  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain; Breast; Caregivers; Colorectal; Gender; Household; Income; Lung; Neoplasm; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE;

ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 69949188920     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24582     Document Type: Article

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