Work as mental health-promoting or mental health-depreciating?

Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 560-562

  Kelly, Inas Rashad ^a,b   Dave, Dhaval M ^b,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RETIREMENT;

EID: 80051507073     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31821d1135     Document Type: Note

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