Socioeconomic conditions among long-term gynaecological cancer survivors - A population-based case-control study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-312

  Platou, Toril Forbord ^a   Skjeldestad, Finn Egil ^a,b   Rannestad, Toril ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conditions; Gynaecological cancer; Long term survivors; Oncology; Socioeconomic; Work related issues

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINANCE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OVARY CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 77649211588     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1575     Document Type: Article

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