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Occupational class inequalities across key domains of health: Results from the Helsinki Health Study
Author(s) -
Eero Lahelma,
Pekka Martikainen,
Ossi Rahkonen,
Eva Roos,
Peppiina Saastamoinen
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/cki022
Subject(s) - mental health , general health questionnaire , workload , socioeconomic status , inequality , medicine , social class , psychology , gerontology , environmental health , psychiatry , population , mathematical analysis , mathematics , computer science , law , political science , operating system
Studies comparing socioeconomic inequalities in health using several health indicators are scarce. Therefore, this study aims to compare the shape and magnitude of occupational class inequalities across key domains of health, i.e. the subjective, functional and medical domains. Additionally, we examine whether physical or mental workload will affect these inequalities, and whether these effects are specific to particular health indicators.

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