Baby boomers nearing retirement: The healthiest generation?

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Rice, Neil E ^a   Lang, Iain A ^a   Henley, William ^b   Melzer, David ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; POPULATION GROWTH; RETIREMENT;

EID: 77949520323     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2009.0896     Document Type: Article

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