Predictors and consequences of unemployment among construction workers: Prospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7210, 1999, Pages 600-605

  Leino Arjas, Päivi ^a   Liira, Juha ^c   Mutanen, Pertti ^a   Malmivaara, Antti ^c   Matikainen, Esko ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b Local Government Pensions Institution   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUILDING INDUSTRY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SMOKING; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0033523398     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7210.600     Document Type: Article

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