Ageing and work: An overview

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-171

  Ross, Derek ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Health; Population ageing; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ADULT; AGING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; WORK;

EID: 77953439099     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqq029     Document Type: Article

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