The impact of breast cancer among Canadian women: Disability and productivity

Work

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-296

  Quinlan, Elizabeth ^a   Thomas Maclean, Roanne ^a   Hack, Tom ^b   Kwan, Winkle ^c   Miedema, Baukje ^d,e   Tatemichi, Sue ^d,e   Towers, Anna ^f   Tilley, Andrea ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Fraser Valley Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Horizon Health Network   (Canada)

^f MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arm morbidity; Breast cancer survivorship; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77449084889     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2009-0926     Document Type: Article

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