Associations of multiple socio-economic circumstances with physical functioning among Finnish and British employees

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Laaksonen, Elina ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Head, Jenny ^b   Rahkonen, Ossi ^a   Marmot, Michael G ^b   Lahelma, Eero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparisons; Employees; Physical functioning; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 59449102810     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn123     Document Type: Article

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