Gender, work roles and psychosocial work characteristics as determinants of health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1417-1424

  Matthews, Sharon ^a   Hertzman, Clyde ^b   Ostry, Aleck ^b   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control; Demand; Gender; Health; Job strain; SES

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORK;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 17644433823     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10141-1     Document Type: Article

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