Household context and self-rated health: The effect of unemployment and informal work

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1079-1085

  Giatti, L ^a   Barreto, S M ^a   Comini Cesar C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFORMAL SECTOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 57349164253     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.069740     Document Type: Article

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