Job insecurity is associated with adult asthma in Germany during Europe's recent economic crisis: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1196-1199

  Loerbroks, Adrian ^a   Bosch, Jos A ^b   Douwes, Jeroen ^c   Angerer, Peter ^a   Li, Jian ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTHMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GERMANY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ASTHMA; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84911078003     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204274     Document Type: Article

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