Job loss, wealth and depression during the Great Recession in the USA and Europe

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1508-1517

  Riumallo Herl, Carlos ^a   Basu, Sanjay ^b,c   Stuckler, David ^c,d   Courtin, Emilie ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^a,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Depression; Economic recession; Mental health; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

AGING; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RETIREMENT; SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; AGING; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

AGING; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907843679     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu048     Document Type: Article

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