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Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991–2007

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

    Sofia Carlsson, Tomas Andersson & Anders Ahlbom

  2. Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopedics and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    Karl Michaëlsson

  3. Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Denny Vågerö

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Carlsson, S., Andersson, T., Michaëlsson, K. et al. Late retirement is not associated with increased mortality, results based on all Swedish retirements 1991–2007. Eur J Epidemiol 27, 483–486 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-012-9696-4

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