Unemployment and health: The quality of social support among residents in the Trent region of England

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Roberts, H ^a   Pearson, J C G ^a   Madeley, R J ^a   Hanford, S ^a   Magowan, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031045208     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.1.41     Document Type: Article

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