The importance of full-time work for urban adults' mental and physical health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1692-1696

  Rosenthal, Lisa ^a   Carroll Scott, Amy ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^a   Santilli, Alycia ^a   Ickovics, Jeannette R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Depression; Diet; Employment; Exercise; Smoking; Stress; Unemployment; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIET; DRINKING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JOB FINDING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIET; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

CONNECTICUT; NEW HAVEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865643830     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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