Editorial: The public health needs for an ageing society

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 351-355

  Fried, Linda P ^a   Paccaud, Fred ^b,c  

^a Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss School of Public Health Plus   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COMORBIDITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERONTOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REHABILITATION CARE; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

EID: 79959726552     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: 21076952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03391606     Document Type: Editorial

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