Sick leave patterns among 5-year cancer survivors: A registry-based retrospective cohort study

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-323

  Torp, Steffen ^a   Nielsen, Roy A ^b   Gudbergsson, Sævar B ^c   Fosså, Sophie D ^d,e   Dahl, Alv A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

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

^c Montebello Senteret The Norwegian Resource Center for Coping with Cancer   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Absence; Employment; Health promotion; Longitudinal; Registry; Sickness; Work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865987257     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0228-8     Document Type: Article

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