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Challenges of translational research on aging — the experience of the Roybal Centers
Author(s)	Karl Pillemer, Sara J Czaja, Richard Schulz
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 43, special issue 1, March 2003
Pages	pp 5-67
Keywords	Ageing process ; Research Reviews ; United States of America.
Annotation	The US National Institute on Aging (NIA)/ National Institutes of Health established the Edward R Roybal Centers for Applied Gerontology in 1993, to accelerate the basic application of basic research into practice in gerontology. This special issue of the Gerontologist reflects the Roybal Centers' goal of improving the process of translating theory and basic research from the behavioural and social sciences into practical outcomes beneficial to older people's lives. Articles cover the following topics: caregiver stress; driving ability; the fit between older people and technology, exercise and well-being; and social integration and later life. Two further papers concern knowledge dissemination and utilisation in gerontology; and theoretical models of cognitive ageing and implications for translational research in medicine. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030416016 A
Classmark	BG: 3A:6KC: 7T
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