Downsizing, changes in work, and self-rated health of employees: A 7-year 3-wave panel study

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-73

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Thomson, Louise ^c   Griffiths, Amanda ^c   Cox, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035649902     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248348     Document Type: Article

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