Open AccessRe-employment, job quality, health and allostatic load biomarkers: prospective evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Author(s) -
Tarani Chandola,
Nan Zhang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyx150
Subject(s) - allostatic load , allostasis , medicine , environmental health , quality (philosophy) , gerontology , longitudinal study , pathology , immunology , philosophy , epistemology
There is little evidence on whether becoming re-employed in poor quality work is better for health and well-being than remaining unemployed. We examined associations of job transition with health and chronic stress-related biomarkers among a population-representative cohort of unemployed British adults.
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