Unemployment and suicide in the Stockholm population: A register-based study on 771,068 men and women

Public Health

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-377

  Lundin, A ^a   Lundberg, I ^b   Allebeck, P ^a   Hemmingsson, T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Medical Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Sickness absence; Suicide; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860450308     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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