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Job jeopardy may imperil health

Civil servants who feared they might become unemployed developed more signs of heart-disease risks and other adverse health symptoms than coworkers who felt their jobs were secure.

 

References:

Ferrie, J.E., et al. 1998. An uncertain future: The health effects of threats to employment security in white-collar men and women. American Journal of Public Health 88(July):1030.

 

Sources:

Jane E. Ferrie
University College London Medical School
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
1-19 Torrington Place
London WC1E 6BT
England

 

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