Yesterday once more? Unemployment and health in the 21st century

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-215

  Bambra, Clare ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEW; PUBLIC HEALTH; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 77749242411     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.090621     Document Type: Article

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