Cancer and productivity loss in the Irish economy: an employer’s perspective
By: Paul Hanly, Alison Pearce and Linda Sharp
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijm-2017-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2451-2834 (formerly 1649-248X) | Journal ISSN: 1649-248X
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