Quality of life among unemployed and employed people in northern Sweden. Are there any differences?

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Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-56

  Hultman, Barbro ^a,b   Hemlin, Sven ^c   Hörnquist, Jan Olof ^d  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33644874538     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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