Unemployment among breast cancer survivors

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-328

  Carlsen, Kathrine ^a   Badsberg, Jens Henrik ^a   Osler, Merete ^a   Ewertz, Marianne ^b   Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg ^c  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; return to work; socioeconomic status; treatment; unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETURN TO WORK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

BREAST CANCER; RETURN TO WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TREATMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899446427     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813520354     Document Type: Article

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