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Epidemiology in old age | Author(s) | Shah Ebrahim, Alex Kalache |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group, London, 1996 |
Pages | 436 pp |
Source | BMJ Publishing Group, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR. |
Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Health services ; Policy. |
Annotation | Provides an introduction to the biological mechanisms of ageing and the principles of epidemiology in older age, looks at health service use and considers risk factors and health status assessment in older age, and looks at the epidemiology and health policy implications of a range of common diseases and problems affecting older people, including stroke, Alzheimer's disease, depression, osteoporosis, cancer, incontinence, falls and confusion. |
Accession Number | CPA-960702001 B |
Classmark | CC: L: QAD |
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