Health inequalities by wage income in Sweden: The role of work environment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-647

  Hemström, Örjan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Job control demands; Self rated health; Sweden; Wage income; Work environment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; WORKPLACE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 19444386137     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.12.028     Document Type: Article

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