Predictors of financial difficulties and work modifications among cancer survivors in the United States

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 241-250

  Whitney, Robin L ^a   Bell, Janice F ^a   Reed, Sarah C ^a   Lash, Rebecca ^a   Bold, Richard J ^a,b   Kim, Katherine K ^a   Davis, Andra ^a   Copenhaver, David ^a,b   Joseph, Jill G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment issues; Financial burden; Medical Expenditure Panel Survey; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84937145200     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-015-0470-y     Document Type: Article

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