Health and retirement in Europe

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2676-2695

  Hagan, Ronald ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^b   Rice, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete time hazard models; ECHP; Health; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HAZARD; HEALTH; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MENTAL HEALTH; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449448045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6102676     Document Type: Article

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