Ethnic differences in unemployment and ill health

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1023-1030

  Schuring, Merel ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^a   Kunst, Anton ^a   Mackenbach, Johan ^a   Voorham, Toon ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Inequalities; Perceived health; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449096261     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0408-7     Document Type: Article

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