Exposure to harmful workplace practices could account for inequality in life spans across different demographic groups

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1761-1768

  Goh, Joel ^a   Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^b   Zenios, Stefanos ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MODEL; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84944459623     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0022     Document Type: Article

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