Health in an ageing world - What do we know?

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9967, 2015, Pages 484-486

  Suzman, Richard ^a   Beard, John R ^b   Boerma, Ties ^b   Chatterji, Somnath ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING; AGED; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGED; AGING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS;

EID: 84922932364     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61597-X     Document Type: Note

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