Labor market trajectories and health: A four-year follow-up study of initially fixed-term employees

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 840-846

  Virtanen, Pekka ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^c   Kivimäki, Mika ^c,d   Liukkonen, Virpi ^e   Virtanen, Marianna ^c   Ferrie, Jane ^f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career mobility; Employment; Health; Prospective studies; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; LABOR MARKET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; OCCUPATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744387726     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi107     Document Type: Article

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