Human resource policies and older workers in Japan

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 627-636

  Clark, Robert L ^a,b   Ogawa, Naohiro ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human resource policies; Japan; Population aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029967974     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.5.627     Document Type: Article

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