Ageing: The response yesterday, today and tomorrow

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 577-588

  Eldemire Shearer, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ASSAULT; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ATTITUDE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GERIATRIC CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JAMAICA; LONG TERM CARE; LONGEVITY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 67649587415     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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