Working situation of cancer survivors versus the general population.
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to compare the working situation of cancer survivors and the general (cancer-free) population and investigate characteristics associated with the increased likelihood of unemployment between the two groups.Methods: We selected 1927 cancer survivors from the 2...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Cancer Survivorship Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 349 - 361 |
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Springer Nature
Jun2015
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