Gender and social class differences in the association between early retirement and health in Spain

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Artazcoz, Lucia ^a,b   Cortès, Imma ^a,b   Borrell, Carme ^a,b,c   Escribà Agüir, Vicenta ^b,d   Cascant, Lorena ^a,b  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d Centre for Public Health Research   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE WORKER; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; POVERTY; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

EID: 78049487241     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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