Depressive symptoms as a cause and effect of job loss in men and women: Evidence in the context of organisational downsizing from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Andreeva, Elena ^a,b   Magnusson Hanson, Linda L ^c   Westerlund, Hugo ^c   Theorell, Töres ^c   Brenner, M Harvey ^d,e  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Employment status; Job loss; Organisational downsizing; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL DOWNSIZING; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84944028585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2377-y     Document Type: Article

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