Common health predictors of early retirement: Findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Rice, Neil E ^a,b   Lang, Iain A ^a   Henley, William ^b   Melzer, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Early retirement; Elderly; Mobility limitation; Pain; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; PENSION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORK CAPACITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 78650487929     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq153     Document Type: Article

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