Social class and self-rated health: Can the gradient be explained by differences in life style or work environment?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1019-1030

  Borg, Vilhelm ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Life style; Prospective study; Self rated health; Social class; Work environment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKILL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

DENMARK;

EID: 0034309858     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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