Work, retirement, race, and health disparities

Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-249

  Brown, Edna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77953368878     PISSN: 01988794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1891/0198-8794.29.233     Document Type: Review

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