Trends in remaining life expectancy at retirement age (65 years) by educational level in Norway 1961-2009

Norsk Epidemiologi

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Moe, Joakim Oliu ^a   Steingrímsdóttir, Ól̈f Anna ^b   Strand, Bjørn Heine ^b   Næss, Øyvind ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN; PENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84870891640     PISSN: 08032491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5324/nje.v22i2.1553     Document Type: Article

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