Hostility, unemployment and health status: Testing three theoretical models

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2139-2152

  Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b   Elovainio, Marko ^c   Kokko, Katja ^d   Pulkkinen, Lea ^d   Kortteinen, Matti ^c   Tuomikoski, Hannu ^e  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Health status; Hostility; Men; Psychosocial factors; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0242584922     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00219-8     Document Type: Article

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