Transition to retirement and risk of cardiovascular disease: Prospective analysis of the US health and retirement study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 526-530

  Moon, J Robin ^a   Glymour, M Maria ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Avendaño, Mauricio ^b,c   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Heart attack incidence; Myocardial infarction; Post retirement; Retirement; Social disparities; Socioeconomic status; Stroke incidence; USA

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861678332     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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