“Bitterness, shame, emptiness, waste”: An introduction to unemployment and health

British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed.)

Volumn 291, Issue 6501, 1985, Pages 1024-1027

  Smith, Richard ^a  

^a BMJ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0022403015     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6501.1024     Document Type: Article

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