Are manual workers at higher risk of death than non-manual employees when living in Swedish municipalities with higher income inequality?

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Henriksson, Göran ^a   Allebeck, Peter ^b   Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck ^c   Thelle, Dag ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Income inequality; Myocardial infarction; Socio economic position; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CENSUSES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34047227884     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl119     Document Type: Article

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