Employment after a breast cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study of ethnically diverse Urban women

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 763-772

  Blinder, V S ^a   Murphy, M M ^b   Vahdat, L T ^b   Gold, H T ^c,d   De Melo Martin, I ^b   Hayes, M K ^b   Scheff, R J ^b   Chuang, E ^b   Moore, A ^b   Mazumdar, M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disparities; Employment; Immigrant; Minority

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864040308     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9509-9     Document Type: Article

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