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American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on August 11, 2008
American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 168(8):974-975; doi:10.1093/aje/kwn239
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American Journal of Epidemiology © The Author 2008. Published by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "AGE AT RETIREMENT AND MORTALITY IN A GENERAL POPULATION SAMPLE: THE GREEK EPIC STUDY"

Evangelos C. Alexopoulos

Occupational Health Unit, Department of Public Health, Medical School, University of Patras, 26500 Rio, Patras, Greece

(e-mail: ecalexop@upatras.gr)

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In a recent Journal article, Bamia et al. (1) proposed that early retirement may be a risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in apparently healthy persons. Since several studies have shown a markedly higher mortality rate among disability pensioners, it is of specific interest to address the same contemporary issue among healthy retirees. However, several of the authors’ points deserve . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Am. J. Epidemiol., October 15, 2008; 168(8): 975 - 975.
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