Social group memberships in retirement are associated with reduced risk of premature death: Evidence from a longitudinal cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Steffens, Niklas K ^a   Cruwys, Tegan ^a   Haslam, Catherine ^a   Jetten, Jolanda ^a   Haslam, S Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PENSIONER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENGLAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROTECTION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIETIES;

EID: 84960350384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010164     Document Type: Article

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