The contribution of occupational factors to social inequalities in health: Findings from the national French SUMER survey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1870-1881

  Niedhammer, Isabelle ^a,b   Chastang, Jean François ^a   David, Simone ^a   Kelleher, Cecily ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

France; Job; Occupational exposure; Psychosocial work factors; Social inequalities in health; Work

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; SELF REPORT; WORK; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SICK LEAVE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54949109308     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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