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Cancer Survivorship and Work

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This brief paper emphasizes that much of the knowledge and skills in the area of musculoskeletal disorders and work disability can be brought to bear on understanding and then intervening in the area cancer survivorship and work.

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  1. Departments of Medical and Clinical Psychology and Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814-4799

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Feuerstein, M. Cancer Survivorship and Work. J Occup Rehabil 15, 1–2 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-005-0868-x

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