Health consequences of the 'Great Recession' on the employed: Evidence from an industrial cohort in aluminum manufacturing

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-113

  Modrek, Sepideh ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Economic recession; Health; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; HYPERTENSION; MANUFACTURING; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

DOWNSIZING; ECONOMIC RECESSION; HEALTH; HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; ASTHMA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880345681     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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