Economic upturns are good for your heart but watch out for accidents: A study on Swedish regional data 1976-2005

Applied Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 615-625

  Svensson, Mikael ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77950909183     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701704519     Document Type: Article

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