Improving health for elderly people: An international health promotion and disease prevention agenda

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-230

  Besdine, Richard W ^a   Wetle, Terrie Fox ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease prevention; Health promotion; Healthy life expectancy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; VITAMIN D;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; ENDOCARDITIS; EXERCISE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LUNG INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SMOKING CESSATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 77955367169     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324800     Document Type: Review

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