Is retirement good for your health? A systematic review of longitudinal studies.

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Published in BMC Public Health on December 13, 2013

Authors

Iris van der Heide1, Rogier M van Rijn, Suzan J W Robroek, Alex Burdorf, Karin I Proper

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Postbus 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands. iris.van.der.heide@rivm.nl.

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