Recurrent job loss and mental health among women

Women and Health

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 294-309

  Nuttman Shwartz, Orit ^a   Gadot, Limor ^b   Kacen, Lea ^a  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Job loss; Trauma; Unemployment; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 70350752581     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240903158818     Document Type: Article

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