Interventions to enhance return-to-work for cancer patients

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Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  de Boer, Angela G E M ^a   Taskila, Taina K ^b   Tamminga, Sietske J ^a   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^a   Feuerstein, Michael ^c   Verbeek, Jos H ^d  

^a Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SURVIVOR; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORK;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; SURVIVORS; WORK;

EID: 79953003388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007569.pub2     Document Type: Review

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