Ageing and medicine

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-167

  Grimley Evans, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Disability; Epidemiology; Geriatrics; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REHABILITATION;

AGING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REHABILITATION;

EID: 0033982743     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2000.00621.x     Document Type: Review

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