It’s no surprise! Men are not hit more than women by the health consequences of unemployment in the Northern Swedish Cohort

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-193

  Hammarström, Anne ^a   Gustafsson, Per E ^a   Janlert, Urban ^a   Strandh, Mattias ^a   Virtanen, Pekka ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; gender studies; public health epidemiology; social epidemiology; unemployment and health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952559033     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810394906     Document Type: Article

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