Effect of retirement on major chronic conditions and fatigue: French GAZEL occupational cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7783, 2010, Pages 1145-

  Westerlund, Hugo ^a,b   Vahtera, Jussi ^c,d   Ferrie, Jane E ^b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^b,e,f   Pentti, Jaana ^c   Melchior, Maria ^e,f   Leineweber, Constanze ^a   Jokela, Markus ^b   Siegrist, Johannes ^g   Goldberg, Marcel ^e,f   Zins, Marie ^e,f   Kivimäki, Mika ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; STROKE; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649615611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c6149     Document Type: Article

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