Employment conditions as social determinants of health part I: The external domain

New Solutions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-288

  Lahiri, Supriya ^a   Moure Eraso, Rafael ^a   Flum, Marian ^a   Tilly, Chris ^a   Karasek, Robert ^a   Massawe, Ephraim ^a  

^a 3 Kimberly Court ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORKPLACE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 39049175381     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/U6U0-355M-3K77-P486     Document Type: Article

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