An Empirical Examination of Retired Police Officers' Length of Retirement and Age at Death: A Research Note

Police Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 113-123

  Brandl, Steven G ^a   Smith, Brad W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; police; retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873696012     PISSN: 10986111     EISSN: 1552745X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098611112465611     Document Type: Article

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