Factors affecting the quality of life of Korean cancer survivors who return to the workplace

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 8783-8788

  Han, Kyu Tae ^a   Park, Eun Cheol ^a   Kim, Sun Jung ^a   Jang, Sung In ^a   Shin, Jaeyong ^a   Kim, Chan Ok ^a   Choi, Jaw Woo ^a   Lee, Sang Gyu ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; EQ VAS; Job status; Korea; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84911191958     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.20.8783     Document Type: Article

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