Explaining Job Hours of Physicians, Nurses, EMTs, and Nursing Assistants: Gender, Class, Jobs, and Families

Research in the Sociology of Work

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 369-401

  Gerstel, Naomi ^a   Clawson, Dan ^a   Huyser, Dana ^a  

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EID: 34247874674     PISSN: 02772833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-2833(07)17012-6     Document Type: Review

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