Factors other than risks in the workplace as determinants of socioeconomic differences in health in Italy

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-76

  Mamo, Carlo ^a,d   Marinacci, Chiara ^a   Demaria, Moreno ^a   Mirabelli, Dario ^b   Costa, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^b Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d ASL 5   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Mortality; Social class; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 21344441917     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.1.70     Document Type: Article

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