This recession is wearing me out! Health-related quality of life and economic downturns

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-72

  Dávalos, María E ^a,b   French, Michael T ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL HEALTH PATTERNS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959936883     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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