Aging, Health and Competence: The Next Generation of Longitudinal Research

by Johannes J. F. Schroots and Johannes J.F. Schroots

The unprecedented increase in life expectancy has resulted in a large number of elderly people in our populations, many of whom are vulnerable to developing health problems. While past longitudinal studies of health and aging have provided some insights into our increased vulnerability with age, it is recognized that the next century demands of us more sophisticated, multidisciplinary, longitudinal research to measure trends in adult health and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444893407
• ISBN13: 9780444893406
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company
• Length: 412 Pages