Changes in employment and household income during the 24 months following a cancer diagnosis

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1057-1064

  Bennett, Jill A ^a,b   Brown, Paul ^a   Cameron, Linda ^a   Whitehead, Lisa C ^c   Porter, David ^d   McPherson, Katherine M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer; Employment; Survivorship; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955439304     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0540-z     Document Type: Article

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