Sick leave of spouses to cancer patients before and after diagnosis

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-473

  Sjvall, Katarina ^a,b   Attner, Bo ^c   Lithman, Thor ^b,c,d   Noreen, Dennis ^b,c,d   Gunnars, Barbro ^a,b   Thomé, Bibbi ^c   Lidgren, Lars ^b,d   Olsson, Hkan ^a,b,c   Englund, Martin ^b,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SEX RATIO; SPOUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SICK LEAVE; SPOUSES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951248191     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841861003652566     Document Type: Article

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