Physical and psychosocial working conditions as explanations for occupational class inequalities in self-rated health
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Physical and psychosocial working conditions as explanations for occupational class inequalities in self-rated health.
BACKGROUND Socio-economic health inequalities are well documented, but efforts to explain health inequalities are less. However, previous studies suggest that working conditions provide potential explanations for inequalities in health. METHODS Cross-sectional questionnaire survey data, collected from municipal employees of the City of Helsinki, aged 40-60 years (n = 8960, response rate 67%) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1101-1262,1464-360X
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp095