Are the health consequences of temporary employment worse among low educated than among high educated?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 756-761

  Hammarström, Anne ^a   Virtanen, Pekka ^a,b   Janlert, Urban ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

additive interaction; education; longitudinal studies; self reported health; temporary employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 79958794930     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq135     Document Type: Article

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