Challenges and implications for biomedical research and intervention studies in older populations: Insights from the ELDERMET study

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-121

  Cusack, Siobhán ^a   O'Toole, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Challenges; Elderly subjects; Healthy ageing; Intervention; Participation; Research

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OLDER POPULATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 84874788960     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343158     Document Type: Review

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