Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991-2007

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 483-486

  Carlsson, Sofia ^a   Andersson, Tomas ^a   Michaëlsson, Karl ^b   Vågerö, Denny ^c   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WELFARE;

EID: 84863720720     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-012-9696-4     Document Type: Letter

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