Towards a sustainable healthy working life: Associations between chronological age, functional age and work outcomes

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 424-429

  Koolhaas, Wendy ^a   Van Der Klink, Jac J L ^a   Groothoff, Johan W ^a   Brouwer, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; STATISTICS; WORK;

AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; WORK;

EID: 84861613084     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr035     Document Type: Review

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