Health and aging: Does retirement transition make any difference?

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-260

  Fonseca, António M ^a   Paúl, Constança ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SLEEP; SMOKING; VISION; WELLBEING;

EID: 3242672485     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259804001078     Document Type: Review

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