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Public health and aging : an introduction to maximizing function and well-being
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- Creator
- Steven M. Albert
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Springer Pub., [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780826121349, 0826121349
- OCLC
- ocm53138730
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-274) and index.
- Between clinical geriatrics and the epidemiology of aging - defining public health and aging -- A public health framework for thinking about aging -- Public health and the demography of aging -- Mortality -- Physical function : disability -- Cognitive function : dementia -- Affective function : suffering, neglect, isolation -- Aging public health, and application of the quality of life paradigm -- Emerging applications of the aging and public health paradigm
Subjects
- Community health services for older people.
- Preventive health services for older people.
- Older people -- Medical care.
- Public health.
- Health Services Needs and Demand.
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- Aged.
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- Aging -- psychology.
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- Chronic Disease -- epidemiology.
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- Dementia -- epidemiology.
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- Health Services for the Aged.
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- Public Health.
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- Quality of Life.
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