Elderly workers in chemical, energetic, sanitary and public fields: Evaluation of work ability

International Congress Series

Volumn 1280, Issue , 2005, Pages 322-327

  Tobia, L ^a   Giammaria, A ^a   Pizzuti, S ^a   Gioia, F ^a   Lupi, A ^a   Spera, G ^a   Paoletti, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly workers; Mental resources; Work Ability Index (WAI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646450602     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.03.028     Document Type: Article

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