Cognitive competence of older workers;Kognitive Leistungsfähigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 299-304

  Wild Wall Dr , N ^a   Gajewski, P ^a   Falkenstein, M ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Impairment; Influences; Older employees; Physiological measures

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70349669022     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-009-0045-5     Document Type: Article

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