Physical Capabilities and Occupational Health of Older Workers

The Oxford Handbook of Work and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Maertens, Julie A ^a   Putter, Stefanie E ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^b   Diehl, Manfred ^a   Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Mental well being; Occupational health; Older worker; Physical capabilities; Social well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874536325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195385052.013.0089     Document Type: Chapter

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