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Does unemployment lead to a less healthy lifestyle?

Micha KaiserInstitute for Health Care and Public Management (530), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jan Michael BauerDepartment for Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Alfonso Sousa-PozaInstitute for Health Care and Public Management (530), University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Pages 815-819 | Published online: 25 Sep 2016

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