Unemployment and mortality - A longitudinal prospective study on selection and causation in 49321 Swedish middle-aged men

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Lundin, A ^a   Lundberg, I ^b   Hallsten, L ^a   Ottosson, J ^b   Hemmingsson, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 74049107253     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.079269     Document Type: Article

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