Valuing older people: Time for a global campaign to combat ageism

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 710-710A

  Officer, Alana ^a   Schneiders, Mira Leonie ^a   Wu, Diane ^a   Nash, Paul ^b   Thiyagarajan, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli ^a   Beard, John R ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIETY; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84989298336     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.16.184960     Document Type: Editorial

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