Predictors of return to work and employment in cancer survivors: A systematic review

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-160

  Van Muijen, P ^a,b,c   Weevers, N L E C ^b   Snels, I A K ^b   Duijts, S F A ^a,c   Bruinvels, D J ^a,c   Schellart, A J M ^a,b,c   van der Beek, A J ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Employee Insurance Authority   (Netherlands)

^c Research Center for Insurance Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivors; Employment; Prognostic factors; Return to work; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84873987838     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecc.12033     Document Type: Article

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