Occupational inequalities in self-rated health and noncommunicable diseases in different regions of Europe: Findings from the European Social Survey (2014) special module on the social determinants of health

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2017, Pages 27-33

  McNamara, Courtney L ^a   Toch Marquardt, Marlen ^a   Balaj, Mirza ^a   Reibling, Nadine ^b   Eikemo, Terje A ^a   Bambra, Clare ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85033490546     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw223     Document Type: Review

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