Does cancer in a child affect parents' employment and earnings? A population-based study

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 298-305

  Syse, Astri ^a   Larsen, Inger Kristin ^a   Tretli, Steinar ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Chronic illness; CNS; Earnings; Education; Employment; Germinal cell; Leukaemia; Neoplasm; Parent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956046491     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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