Self-rated health before and after retirement in France (GAZEL): a cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9705, 2009, Pages 1889-1896

  Westerlund, Hugo ^a,b   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c   Singh Manoux, Archana ^b,d   Melchior, Maria ^d   Ferrie, Jane E ^b   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Jokela, Markus ^b,e   Leineweber, Constanze ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^d   Zins, Marie ^d   Vahtera, Jussi ^c,f  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 71249098144     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61570-1     Document Type: Article

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