Employment status and its health-related effects in rural Styria, Austria

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 757-763

  Rásky, Éva ^a   Stronegger, Willibald Julius ^a   Freidl, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; chronic diseases; health complaints; risk behavior; survey; unemployment; utilization of medical services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SLEEP DISORDER; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030297449     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1996.0116     Document Type: Article

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