Employment status and occupational level of adult survivors of childhood cancer in Great Britain: The British childhood cancer survivor study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2678-2692

  Frobisher, Clare ^a   Lancashire, Emma R ^a   Jenkinson, Helen ^b   Winter, David L ^a   Kelly, Julie ^a   Reulen, Raoul C ^a   Hawkins, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; economic status; employment; occupation; social outcome; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CANCER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OCCUPATION; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINOBLASTOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85017540626     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30696     Document Type: Article

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