Temporary employment and risk of overall and cause-specific mortality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 663-668

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^b   Virtanen, Marianna ^b   Elovainio, Marko ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^b   Ferrie, Jane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Employment; Longitudinal studies; Mortality; Occupational groups; Smoking; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY RISK;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SALARY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORK;

EID: 0141508835     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg185     Document Type: Article

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