The challenges of success: The aging of Israeli society

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 375-378

  Brodsky, Jenny ^a  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Demography of aging; Elderly in Israel; Functional disability; Sociodemographic characteristics of the elderly

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MORTALITY;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED WORKER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAMILY LIFE; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFECTION; ISRAEL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIRTH RATE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038660145     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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