Physical occupational exposures during working life and quality of life after labour market exit: Results from the GAZEL study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 697-706

  Platts, Loretta G ^a,b   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^b,c   Webb, Elizabeth ^b,d   Zins, Marie ^e   Goldberg, Marcel ^e   Blane, David ^b,d   Wahrendorf, Morten ^b,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

CASP 19; health; life course; physical work environment; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84881308651     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.781120     Document Type: Article

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