Volunteering, driving status, and mortality in U.S. retirees

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 274-280

  Lee, Sei J ^a   Steinman, Michael A ^a   Tan, Erwin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Corporation for National and Community Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

driving; mortality; volunteerism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRIVING ABILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENSIONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 79951642729     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03265.x     Document Type: Article

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