Productivity loss in Puerto Rico's labor market due to cancer mortality

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-249

  Ortiz Ortiz, Karen J ^a   Pérez Irizarry, Javier ^a   Marín Centeno, Heriberto ^a   Ortiz, Ana P ^a   Torres Berrios, Natalia ^a   Torres Cintrón, Mariela ^a   de la Torre Feliciano, Taína ^a   Laborde Rivera, José ^a   Calo, William A ^a   Figueroa Vallés, Nayda R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Burden of cancer; Cancer mortality; Human capital approach; Productivity loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRODUCTIVITY; PUERTO RICO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PUERTO RICO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956984940     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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