Effect of psychiatric illness and labour market status on suicide: A healthy worker effect?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 598-602

  Agerbo, Esben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

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

TRIXIS;

EID: 21344455280     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.025288     Document Type: Article

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