How society shapes the health gradient: Work-related health inequalities in a comparative perspective

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-73

  McLeod, Christopher B ^a   Hall, Peter A ^b   Siddiqi, Arjumand ^c   Hertzman, Clyde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative political economy; Cross country analyses; Labor market experiences; Social determinants of health; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMPLOYMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861362063     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-031811-124603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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