Aging, work, life-style and work ability among Finnish municipal workers in 1981-1992

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 58-65

  Tuomi, Kaija ^a   Ilmarinen, Juhani ^a   Martikainen, Rami ^a   Aalto, Lea ^a   Klockars, Matti ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Life habits; Work ability index; Work content; Work demands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MANUAL LABOR; MENTAL CAPACITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE STYLE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030748732     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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