Research and the ageing population.

This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing. Recent, encouraging developments in the areas of malignancy, dementia, osteopor...

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Corporate Author: Symposium on Research and the Ageing Population John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences
Other Authors: Evered, David, Whelan, Julie
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester [England] ; New York : Wiley, 1988.
Series:Ciba Foundation symposium ; 134.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This international symposium focuses on the contributions that biomedical research is making to the provision of proper health care for the increasing numbers of elderly people in all countries, developed and developing. Recent, encouraging developments in the areas of malignancy, dementia, osteoporosis, and cardiovascular disease are emphasized. Also addresses new ways of planning health care and social support systems for the elderly.
Item Description:Editors: David Evered (organizer) and Julie Whelan.
"Symposium on Research and the Ageing Population, held at the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 28-30 April 1987"--Page v
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780470513583
0470513586
9780470513590
0470513594