Alcohol use and the labor market in Uruguay

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 833-854

  Balsa, Ana I ^a   French, Michael T ^a,b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Alcohol use; Employment; Labor force participation; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URUGUAY;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; SEX FACTORS; URUGUAY;

EID: 77953589769     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1520     Document Type: Article

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