Health and social precursors of unemployment in young men in Great Britain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-422

  Montgomery, Scott M ^a   Bartley, Mel J ^a   Cook, Derek G ^b   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029844441     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.4.415     Document Type: Article

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