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Pages: 232
Authors: Torres, Sandra
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-17 - Publisher: Policy Press

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Winner of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award 2021. Part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, this book proposes a new research agenda for scho
Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life
Language: en
Pages: 753
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-10-16 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on avera
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Health of Older Americans
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-09-23 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Older Americans, even the oldest, can now expect to live years longer than those who reached the same ages even a few decades ago. Although survival has improve
Future Directions for the Demography of Aging
Language: en
Pages: 409
Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-21 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Almost 25 years have passed since the Demography of Aging (1994) was published by the National Research Council. Future Directions for the Demography of Aging i
Ageing in the Mediterranean
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Joseph Troisi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Policy Press

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"At a time of extreme globalisation "Ageing in the Mediterranean" fills a key void in international literature on ageing societies. This important and timely vo