Health-related social mobility: A comparison of currently employed men and women in Britain and Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-92

  Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Arber, Sara ^b   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; comparison; Finland; health inequalities; health related social mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FATHER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 26844516796     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489702500205     Document Type: Article

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