Employment status and self rated health

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-236

  Kaleta, Dorota ^a   Makowiec Da̧browska, Teresa ^a,b   Jegier, Anna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adults; Employment status; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 57149113403     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10001-008-0023-y     Document Type: Article

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