Is cumulative exposure to economic hardships more hazardous to women's health than men's? A 16-year follow-up study of the Swedish Survey of Living Conditions

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-336

  Ahnquist, Johanna ^a   Fredlund, Peeter ^b   Wamala, Sarah P ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FINANCIAL CRISIS; HEALTH RISK; LIVING STANDARD; MENS HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33947646267     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.049395     Document Type: Article

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