Demography and epidemiology of human health and aging, The
Age distribution (Demography) Epidemiology Older people Population aging Aged Population Dynamics Age Factors Longevity Aging -- Research Geriatrics/Gerontology Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Social sciences sähkökirjat
Springer
2012
EISBN 9789400713154
pt. 1. Scope of health demography, sources, and quality of data.
pt. 2. Concepts and measures of mortality and morbidity.
pt. 3. Mortality and morbidity considered jointly and in relation to fertility, migration, and population age-sex structure.
pt. 4. Theories of aging and longevity and projections of mortality and health.
pt. 5. Applications to health policy and health administration.
With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears to be the first and only comprehensive text on this subject now available. Drawing on a wide range of sciences in addition to demography, gerontology, and epidemiology, including medical sociology, biostatistics, public policy, bioethics, and molecular biology, the author treats theoretical and appl
pt. 2. Concepts and measures of mortality and morbidity.
pt. 3. Mortality and morbidity considered jointly and in relation to fertility, migration, and population age-sex structure.
pt. 4. Theories of aging and longevity and projections of mortality and health.
pt. 5. Applications to health policy and health administration.
With this book, Siegel, an internationally known demographer and gerontologist, has made a unique contribution to the fledgling fields of health demography, and the demography and epidemiology of aging. The book represents a felicitous union of epidemiology, gerontology, and demography, and appears to be the first and only comprehensive text on this subject now available. Drawing on a wide range of sciences in addition to demography, gerontology, and epidemiology, including medical sociology, biostatistics, public policy, bioethics, and molecular biology, the author treats theoretical and appl
