Clase social, desigualdades en salud y conductas relacionadas con la salud de la población trabajadora en Chile
Revista Panamericana de Salud PúblicaPublished 1 May 2013Open access
Kátia Bones Rocha, Carles Muntañer, María José González Rodríguez, Pamela Bernales‐Baksai, Clélia Vallebuona, Carme Borrell
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Large employers and expert managers have the best health-related indicators and behaviors, while Formal proletarians, informal proletarian, and unskilled supervisors have the worst general health indicators, confirming that social class is a key determinant in the generation of population health inequalities.
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Large employers and expert managers have the best health-related indicators and behaviors. Formal proletarians, informal proletarians, and unskilled supervisors, however, have the worst general health indicators, confirming that social class is a key determinant in the generation of population health inequalities.
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