Loss of employment and mortality

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6937, 1994, Pages 1135-

  Morris, Joan K ^a   Cook, Derek G ^a   Shaper, a Gerald ^a,b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0028314134     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6937.1135     Document Type: Article

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