Changing health inequalities in Germany from 1994 to 2008 between employed and unemployed adults

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Kroll, Lars Eric ^a   Lampert, Thomas ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Longitudinal data analysis; Self rated health; Social change; Unemployment and health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79960560969     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0233-0     Document Type: Article

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