Health and status attainment: Effects of health on occupational achievement among employed Norwegian men

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-140

  Elstad, Jon Ivar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Health selection; Life course; Occupational achievement; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042645046     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699304043824     Document Type: Review

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