A case-control study of employment status and mortality in a cohort of Australian youth

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 383-392

  Morrell, Stephen ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a   Quine, Susan ^a   Kerr, Charles ^a   Western, John ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; Odds ratios; Unemployment; Youth mortality

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORTALITY; ODDS RATIO; STUDENTS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033017784     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00102-1     Document Type: Article

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