The health of employed women and men: Work, family, and community correlates

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-241

  Muhajarine, Nazeem ^a,b   Janzen, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community quality; Family quality; Gender and health; Work quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744516149     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.857     Document Type: Review

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