Job insecurity in white-collar workers: toward an explanation of associations with health.

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Published in J Occup Health Psychol on January 01, 2001

Authors

J E Ferrie1, M J Shipley, M G Marmot, P Martikainen, S A Stansfeld, G D Smith

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, England. j.ferrie@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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