Health inequalities among workers with a foreign background in Sweden: Do working conditions matter?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2871-2877

  Dunlavy, Andrea C ^a   Rostila, Mikael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Foreign background populations; Health inequalities; Social determinants of health; Sweden; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; LABOR MARKET; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT WORKER; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EASTERN EUROPEAN; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BACKGROUND; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; SWEDISH; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84880305036     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10072871     Document Type: Article

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