Mortality following unemployment during an economic downturn: Swedish register-based cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Montgomery, Scott ^a,b,c   Udumyan, Ruzan ^a,b   Magnuson, Anders ^a   Osika, Walter ^d   Sundin, Per Ola ^a,b   Blane, David ^e  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REGISTER; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84880588356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003031     Document Type: Article

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