Healthy working life expectancies at age 50 in Europe: A new indicator

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 508-514

  Lievre, A ^a,b   Jusot, F ^a,b   Barnay, T ^a,c   Sermet, C ^a,b   Brouard, N ^b   Robine, J M ^d   Brieu, M A ^e   Forette, Françoise ^e  

^a Institut de Recherche et Documentation en Economie de la Santé   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^c Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé   (France)

^d CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^e ILC France (International Longevity Centre)   (France)

Author keywords

Health status; Life expectancy; Successful ageing; Working status

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; JOB PERFORMANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; POLICY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RETIREMENT; SPAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 37049007645     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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