Employment status and work-related difficulties in lung cancer survivors compared with the general population

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 569-575

  Kim, Young Ae ^a,b   Yun, Young Ho ^b   Chang, Yoon Jung ^a   Lee, Jongmog ^a,c   Kim, Moon Soo ^c   Lee, Hyun Sung ^c   Zo, Jae Ill ^d   Kim, Jhingook ^d   Choi, Yong Soo ^d   Shim, Young Mog ^d   Yoon, Seok Jun ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

employment; general population; lung cancer; survivor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84894102892     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318291db9d     Document Type: Article

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