The impact of ill health on exit from paid employment in Europe among older workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 845-852

  Van Den Berg, Tilja ^a   Schuring, Merel ^a   Avendano, Mauricio ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan ^a   Burdorf, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ALCOHOLISM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 78649676376     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051730     Document Type: Article

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