Hierarchical cluster analysis of labour market regulations and population health: A taxonomy of low- and middle-income countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Muntaner, Carles ^a   Chung, Haejoo ^b   Benach, Joan ^c   Ng, Edwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POVERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84859799179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-286     Document Type: Article

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