Work and its role in shaping the social gradient in health

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1186, Issue , 2010, Pages 102-124

  Clougherty, Jane E ^a   Souza, Kerry ^a   Cullen, Mark R ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonstandard work; Occupational health; Psycho social stressors; Women in the workplace; Work organization

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77249160707     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05338.x     Document Type: Review

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