Health and employment: Towards a new deal

Policy and Politics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-533

  Easterlow, Donna ^a   Smith, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Health selection; Lay perspectives; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142230419     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557303322439380     Document Type: Article

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