Older workers

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-557

  Wegman, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0007859558     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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