Self-rated health in relation to employment status during periods of high and of low levels of unemployment

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-304

  Åhs, Annika ^a   Westerling, Ragnar ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Level of unemployment; Self rated health; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745712865     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki165     Document Type: Article

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