What is the effect of unemployment on all-cause mortality? A cohort study using propensity score matching

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 115-121

  Clemens, Tom ^a   Popham, Frank ^a   Boyle, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84922463000     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cku136     Document Type: Article

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