Aging in the Netherlands: State of the art and science

Gerontologist

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 335-343

  Smits, Carolien H M ^a   Van Den Beld, Hugo K ^a   Aartsen, Marja J ^b   Schroots, Johannes J F ^c,d  

^a WINDESHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERGO European Research Institute on Health and Aging Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Gerontology education; Gerontology research; Public policy; The Netherlands demography; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84900826378     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt096     Document Type: Article

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