Ten commandments for the future of ageing research in the UK: A vision for action

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Franco, Oscar H ^a   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^b   Powell, Jonathan R ^a   Catt, Michael ^a   Goodwin, James ^c   Ordovas, Jose M ^d   Van Der Ouderaa, Frans ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGE UK   (United Kingdom)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 34248358306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-10     Document Type: Article

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