Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Aging and work : the occupational health services'perspectives

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Aging and work : the occupational health services'perspectives / Peter Westerholm, Asa Kilbom

Sumario: The issues of relations between aging and work ability have been subject to scientific debate for many years. The process of biological affects and imposes constraints on functions and performance which are predominantly dependent on physical strength and endurance, characteristics which are seen as inversely related to age. This notion is to be contrasted with the well known relation between age and enhanced usefulness and capacity due to experience accumulated over a long lifespan. Thus, according to observations in studies of developmental psychology during aging people conserve their capacities and develop them further in response to new tasks. This results in added value of qualified expert functions and management skills

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 54, nº 11, November 1997 ; p. 777-780

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Seguridad e higiene en el trabajo . 3. Capacidad de trabajo . 4. Fuerza física . 5. Biología . 6. Productividad . 7. Fisiología . I. Kilbom, Asa . II. Título. III. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.