Frequent job change and associated health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Davey Smith, George ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^a   Heslop, Pauline ^a   Macleod, John ^a   Hart, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional; Employment history; Health; Health related behaviours; Psychosocial stress; Scotland

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; LABOR MARKET; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SCOTLAND; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037210382     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00005-9     Document Type: Article

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