The effect of job loss on body weight during an economic collapse

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 567-576

  Jónsdóttir, Sif ^a   Ásgeirsdóttir, Tinna Laufey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Body weight; Business cycles; Recessions; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC RECESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905569843     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-013-0494-z     Document Type: Article

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