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Research and the ageing population

This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing. Recent, encouraging developments in the areas of malignancy, dementia, osteopor...

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Corporate Authors: Symposium on Research and the Ageing Population John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences); Wiley InterScience (Online service)
Group Author: Evered, David.; Whelan, Julie.
Published:
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Ciba Foundation symposium ; 134.
Subjects:
Geriatrics > Congresses.
Aging > Congresses.
Older people > Diseases > Congresses.
Older people > Health and hygiene > Congresses.
Science.
Physiology.
Medicine.
Gériatrie > Congrès.
Vieillissement > Congrès.
Personnes âgées > Santé et hygiène > Congrès.
MEDICAL > Geriatrics.
MEDICAL > Gerontology. > Gerontology.
Aging.
Geriatrics.
Older people > Diseases.
Older people > Health and hygiene.
Aged > Congresses.
Health > Congresses.
Health Status > Congresses.
Electronic books.
Conference proceedings.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470513583
Summary: This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing. Recent, encouraging developments in the areas of malignancy, dementia, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease are emphasized. Also addresses new ways of planning health care and social support systems for the elderly.
Item Description: Editors: David Evered (organizer) and Julie Whelan.
"Symposium on Research and the Ageing Population, held at the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 28-30 April 1987"--Page v.
"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780470513583
0470513586
9780470513590 (electronic bk.)
0470513594 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: RC952
CLC: R592
Contents: The health of the elderly population : results from longitudinal studies with age-cohort comparisons / Alvar Svanborg -- Health and ageing in the developing world / Gary R. Andrews -- Ageing and disease / J. Grimley Evans -- Cerebrovascular disease and the elderly / Klaus Ostemnann, Brigitte Sprung-Ostermann -- Alzheimer's disease as an age-dependent disorder / Robert Katzman -- Questions in the psychiatry of old age / Tom Arie -- Cardiovascular disease in the elderly / Nanette K. Wenger -- Osteoporosis and age-related fracture syndromes / B.L. Riggs, L.J. Melton III -- Ageing and infection / J.P. Phair, C.S. Hsu, Y.L. Hsu -- Malignant disease and the elderly / Vincent Mor -- Longitudinal insights into the ageing population / A.J. Fox -- The nature and causes of ageing / T.B.L. Kirkwood -- Changing health needs of the ageing population / Jacob A. Brody -- Planning for health services for the elderly / Carel F. Hollander, Henk A. Becker -- The costs of long-term care : distribution and responsibility / Stanley S. Wallack, Marc A. Cohen.

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