Does high income buffer the association between adverse working conditions and ill health?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-137

  Hemström, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

decision authority; health inequalities; income; job control; physical demands; psychological demands; self rated health; skill discretion; Sweden; synergy index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RISK FACTORS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17244364419     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940410028389     Document Type: Article

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