The influence of past unemployment duration on symptoms of depression among young women and men in the United States

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1826-1832

  Krysia N, Mossakowski ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; JUVENILE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349110414     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.152561     Document Type: Article

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