Mental health among the unemployed and the unemployment rate in the municipality

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 799-805

  Strandh, Mattias ^a   Novo, Mehmed ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

mental health; multilevel analysis; unemployment; unemployment rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; CITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355184666     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq147     Document Type: Article

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