A longitudinal assessment of work situation, sick leave, and household income of mothers and fathers of children with cancer in Sweden

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1076-1085

  Hovén, Emma ^a   Von Essen, Louise ^a   Norberg, Annika Lindahl ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TELECONSULTATION; WORK CAPACITY; WORKING MOTHER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; LEUKEMIA; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; SOLID TUMOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880270199     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.760846     Document Type: Article

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