Does chronic illness cause adverse social and economic consequences among Swedes?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-70

  Lindholm, Christina ^a   Burström, bo ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

financial difficulties; labour market exclusion; limiting longstanding illness; social consequences; social context

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0035293695     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/14034948010290011201     Document Type: Article

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