Worse and worse off: the impact of lymphedema on work and career after breast cancer

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Boyages, John ^a   Kalfa, Senia ^a   Xu, Ying ^a   Koelmeyer, Louise ^a   Mackie, Helen ^b,c   Viveros, Hector ^a   Taksa, Lucy ^a   Gollan, Paul ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Mount Wilga Private Hospital   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84971422890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2300-8     Document Type: Article

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