The impact of education and occupation on the employment status of cancer survivors

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2488-2493

  Taskila Åbrandt, Taina ^a   Martikainen, Rami ^a   Virtanen, Simo V ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Hietanen, Päivi ^c   Lindbohm, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer type; Education; Employment; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 7044230865     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.06.031     Document Type: Article

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