Activity, functional capacity and well-being in ageing finnish workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Seitsamo, Jorma ^a   Tuomi, Kaija ^a   Martikainen, Rami ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing workers; Functional capacity; Retirement; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELLBEING;

AGED; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 33847686689     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql105     Document Type: Article

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