Farmers and retirement: A longitudinal cohort study

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-46

  Thelin, Anders ^a   Holmberg, Sara ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Health status; Old age pension; Workforce

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 77951060674     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240903389623     Document Type: Article

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