Ageing and fitness to work

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 483-491

  Proper, E A ^a   Oestreicher, A B ^a   Jansen, G H ^b   van Veelen, C W M ^b   van Rijen, P C ^b   Gispen, W H ^a   de Graan, P N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing worker; Fitness to work; Functional capacity; Work ability

Indexed keywords

AGING; ETHICS; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; AGING; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0033652285     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/50.7.483     Document Type: Review

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