Gender inequalities in the association between demands of family and domestic life and health in Spanish workers

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 883-888

  Arcas, M Marta ^a   Novoa, Ana M ^b   Artazcoz, Lucía ^b,c,d  

^a Unitat Docent de Medicina Preventiva i Salut Publica H Mar UPF ASPB   (Spain)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84885001486     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks095     Document Type: Article

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