Adding more years to the work careers of an aging workforce - what works?

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 451-453

  Härmä, Mikko ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; CAREER; DISABILITY; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MANAGER; MANUAL LABOR; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; AGED WORKER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; WORK DISABILITY; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 80155166457     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3198     Document Type: Editorial

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