Is precarious employment more damaging to women's health than men's?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 776-781

  Menéndez, María ^a   Benach, Joan ^b   Muntaner, Carles ^c   Amable, Marcelo ^b   O'Campo, Patricia ^d  

^a Occupational Health Department   (Spain)

^b Occupational Health Research Unit   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible employment; Gender; Precarious employment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GENDER RELATIONS; LABOR MARKET; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SECURITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

ECONOMIC COMPETITION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE;

EID: 33846221169     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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