Individual consequences of volunteer and paid work in old age: Health and mortality

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 490-509

  Luoh, Ming Ching ^a   Herzog, A Regula ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b National Taiwan University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0036979952     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3090239     Document Type: Article

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