Social support, early retirement, and a retirement preference: A study of 10,489 finnish adults

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-439

  Elovainio, Marko ^a,b,c   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Vahtera, Jussi ^c   Ojanlatva, Ansa ^d   Korkeila, Katariina ^d   Suominen, Sakari ^d   Helenius, Hans ^d   Koskenvuo, Markku ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0037390640     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000058334.05741.7a     Document Type: Article

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