Implications of the aging process: Opportunities for prevention in the farming community

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Peters, Karen ^a   Gupta, Sunanda ^a   Stoller, Nicole ^a   Mueller, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Geriatric medicine; Mental health; Older farmers; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 58149333268     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240802202497     Document Type: Review

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