Smoking, drinking and body weight after re-employment: Does unemployment experience and compensation make a difference?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bolton, Kelly L ^a,b   Rodriguez, Eunice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICHIGAN; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 65549131093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-77     Document Type: Article

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