Capitalists, managers, professionals and mortality: Findings from the Barcelona Social Class and All Cause Mortality Longitudinal Study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 826-838

  Muntaner, Carles ^a   Borrell, Carme ^b   Solà, Judit ^c   Marì Dell'olmo, Marc ^d   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^d   Chung, Haejoo ^a   Benach, Joan ^b   Noh, Samuel ^e  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiological methods; follow up; mortality; social class

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

ARTICLE; CAPITALIST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MORTALITY; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILLED WORKER; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SUPERVISOR; UNSKILLED WORKER; WORKER;

EID: 71049195301     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809346870     Document Type: Article

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