A comparative study of cancer patients with short and long sick-leave after primary treatment

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-389

  Gudbergsson, Sævar Berg ^a,d   Torp, Steffen ^b   Fløtten, Tone ^c   Fosså, Sophie D ^a   Nielsen, Roy ^c   Dahl, Alv A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG SICK LEAVE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MELANOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TESTIS CANCER; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952680042     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.500298     Document Type: Article

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