Complementarities or contradictions? scoping the health dimensions of "flexicurity" labor market policies

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-482

  Afzal, Zabia ^a   Muntaner, Carles ^a   Chung, Haejoo ^a   Mahmood, Qamar ^a   Ng, Edwin ^a   Schrecker, Ted ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LITERATURE REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CARE; WORKPLACE;

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; EUROPE;

EID: 84880565638     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.43.3.f     Document Type: Review

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