The Working after Cancer Study (WACS): A population-based study of middle-aged workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer and their return to work experiences

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gordon, Louisa G ^a,b,c   Lynch, Brigid M ^d   Beesley, Vanessa L ^b,c   Graves, Nicholas ^c   McGrath, Catherine ^a   O'Rourke, Peter ^b,c   Webb, Penelope M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLORECTAL TUMOR; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79960888220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-604     Document Type: Article

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