Effects of de-industrialization on unemployment, re-employment, and work conditions in a manufacturing workforce

BMC Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-11

  Ostry, Aleck S ^a   Hershler, Ruth ^a   Kelly, Shona ^a   Demers, Paul ^a   Teschke, Kay ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; AGED; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FORESTRY; HEALTH STATUS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORESTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 18744403024     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-1-15     Document Type: Article

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