Self-reported job insecurity and health in the Whitehall II study: potential explanations of the relationship.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on April 01, 2005

Authors

Jane E Ferrie1, Martin J Shipley, Katherine Newman, Stephen A Stansfeld, Michael Marmot

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Health and Society and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK. j.ferrie@public-health.ul.udc.sk

Associated clinical trials:

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

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