Health hazards of unemployment - Only a boom phenomenon? A study of young men and women during times of prosperity and times of recession

Public Health

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-29

  Novo, M ^a,c   Hammarstrom A ^a   Janlert, U ^b  

^a Dept of Pub Hlth and Clin Med ^*  (Sweden)

^b Epidemiology   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Long term unemployment; Psychological symptoms; Somatic symptoms; Trade cycle

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034102646     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900615     Document Type: Article

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