Unemployment and mental health scarring during the life course

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 440-445

  Strandh, Mattias ^a,b   Winefield, Anthony ^b   Nilsson, Karina ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901647959     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku005     Document Type: Article

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