Health and Fiscal and Psychological Well-Being in Retirement

The Oxford Handbook of Work and Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Mo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment process; Bridge employment; Fiscal well being; Health; Psychological well being; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892167038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195385052.013.0165     Document Type: Chapter

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