Factors associated with work disability in employed cancer survivors at 24-month sick leave

BMC Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  van Muijen, Peter ^a,b,c   Duijts, Saskia F A ^a   Bonefaas Groenewoud, Karin ^a,c   van der Beek, Allard J ^a,c   Anema, Johannes R ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Social Security Agency   (Netherlands)

^c Research Center for Insurance Medicine   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Limitations; Return to work; Sick leave; Survivors; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; METASTASIS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SECURITY; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897488314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-236     Document Type: Article

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