Exposure to temporary employment and job insecurity: A longitudinal study of the health effects

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 570-574

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; UNCERTAINTY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79960097866     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.054890     Document Type: Article

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