The effects of workplace downsizing on cause-specific mortality: A register-based follow-up study of Finnish men and women remaining in employment

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1008-1013

  Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Maki N ^a   Jantti M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 54349125124     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.068429     Document Type: Article

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