Workers are people too: Societal aspects of occupational health disparities-an ecosocial perspective

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-115

  Krieger, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75749084064     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20759     Document Type: Review

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