Age at retirement and long term survival of an industrial population: Prospective cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7523, 2005, Pages 995-997

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Wendt, Judy K ^a   Donnelly, Robin P ^a   De Jong, Geert ^b   Ahmed, Farah S ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27644572586     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38586.448704.E0     Document Type: Article

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