Extending employment beyond the pensionable age: A cohort study of the influence of chronic diseases, health risk factors, and working conditions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Virtanen, Marianna ^a   Oksanen, Tuula ^a   Batty, G David ^b,c   Ala Mursula, Leena ^d   Salo, Paula ^a,e   Elovainio, Marko ^f   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Lybäck, Katinka ^g   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,e   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,h  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g Statistical Services Team   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PENSIONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKING TIME; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896786507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088695     Document Type: Article

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