Change in health inequalities among British civil servants: The Whitehall II study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 922-926

  Ferrie, Jane E ^a   Shipley, M J ^a   Davey Smith, G ^b   Stansfeld, S A ^c   Marmot, M G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036897778     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.12.922     Document Type: Article

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