The Ageing Worker

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 781-786

  Chan, G C T ^a   Koh, D S Q ^b  

^a Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Centre   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Functional capacity; Productive ageing; Work demands

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

AGED; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0031265695     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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