Is position in the occupational hierarchy a determinant of decline in perceived health status?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2291-2303

  Mustard, Cameron A ^a,b   Vermeulen, Marian ^a   Lavis, John N ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Prospective study; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status; Work environment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; SELF ASSESSMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CANADA;

EID: 0142155659     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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