Trajectories of antidepressant medication before and after retirement: The contribution of socio-demographic factors

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 417-426

  Leinonen, Taina ^a   Lahelma, Eero ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antidepressant medication; Health trajectory; Retirement transition; Socio demographic factors; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RETIREMENT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPOUSE; WORK DISABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879027018     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9792-0     Document Type: Article

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