Health disparities between immigrant and Danish cleaners

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-674

  Jørgensen, Marie B ^a   Rasmussen, Charlotte D N ^a   Carneiro, Isabella G ^a   Flyvholm, Mari Ann ^a   Olesen, Kasper ^a   Ekner, Dorte ^a   Søgaard, Karen ^b   Holtermann, Andreas ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cleaning industry; Migrant worker; Occupational health; Work ability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 79961173471     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0607-2     Document Type: Article

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