Joannes stobaios, "on old age": An important source for the history of gerontology

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 354-358

  Moog, Peter Ferdinand ^a   Schäfer, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aged; Ancient; Geriatrics history; History; History of medicine; Medicine in literature

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HISTORICAL PERIOD; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL WORK;

BOOKS; GERIATRICS; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS;

EID: 38849208498     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01555.x     Document Type: Article

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