Behavioral determinants of employment status in cancer patients

The Handbook of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 825-849

  Duijts, Saskia ^a   Spelten, Evelien ^b   Verbeek, Jos ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Organisation of Psychosocial Oncology   (Netherlands)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

behavioral determinants; cancer patients; employment status; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026569784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118453940.ch39     Document Type: Chapter

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