Job loss, retirement and the mental health of older Americans

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 167-176

  Mandal, Bidisha ^a   Roe, Brian ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SYMPTOM; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149491974     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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