Influence of material and behavioural factors on occupational class differences in health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Laaksonen, Mikko ^a   Roos, Eva ^a   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 12344314049     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.019323     Document Type: Article

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