The health consequences of multiple roles at older ages in the UK

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 470-477

  Glaser, Karen ^a   Evandrou, Maria ^b   Tomassini, Cecilia ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Multiple roles; Older ages; Retirement Survey

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLE PLAYING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROLE;

EID: 23744441918     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2005.00574.x     Document Type: Article

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