Unemployment, informal work, precarious employment, child labor, slavery, and health inequalities: Pathways and mechanisms

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-295

  Muntaner, Carles ^a   Solar, Orielle ^a   Vanroelen, Christophe ^a   Martínez, José Miguel ^a   Vergara, Montserrat ^a   Santana, Vilma ^a   Castedo, Antía ^a   Kim, Il Ho ^a   Benach, Joan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMAL SECTOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SLAVERY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WORKPLACE;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; WORKPLACE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77949871530     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.40.2.h     Document Type: Article

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