The long shadow of work - Does time since labour market exit affect the association between socioeconomic position and health in a post-working population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-539

  Hyde, Martin ^a   Jones, Ian Rees ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENSIONER; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK SCHEDULE;

AGED; EMPLOYMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249036148     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.051284     Document Type: Article

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