Job losses and accumulated number of broken partnerships increase risk of premature mortality in Danish men born in 1953

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 708-713

  Kriegbaum, Margit ^a,c   Christensen, Ulla ^a   Lund, Rikke ^a   Osler, Merete ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Department of Public Health ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 68049130062     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181a023db     Document Type: Article

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