The health of the Australian workforce: 1998-2001

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-331

  Korda, Rosemary J ^a   Strazdins, Lyndall ^a   Broom, Dorothy H ^a   Lim, Lynette L Y ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036675604     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2002.tb00179.x     Document Type: Article

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