Illness-associated productivity costs among women with employer-sponsored insurance and newly diagnosed breast cancer

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-420

  Meadows, Eric S ^a   Johnston, Stephen S ^b   Cao, Zhun ^b   Foley, Kathleen A ^b,c   Pohl, Gerhardt M ^a   Johnston, Joseph A ^a   Ramsey, Scott D ^d,e  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b Thomson Reuters ^*  (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cancer Prevention Research Program   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 77951179392     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181d65db7     Document Type: Article

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