Teaching public health related to the elderly

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 271-276

  Clarfield, A Mark ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diseases of aging; MPH training

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STROKE; TEACHING; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; GERIATRICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL;

AGED; CANADA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOLS, PUBLIC HEALTH; TEACHING;

EID: 0036982489     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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