Influence of material and behavioural factors on occupational class differences in health.
OBJECTIVE: To examine material and behavioural factors as explanations for occupational class differences in health, while taking into account the interrelations between these two groups of factors. METHODS: Data from cross sectional surveys among middle aged women and men employed by the City of He...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 163 - 170 |
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BMJ Publishing Group
Feb2005
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