Compression of morbidity and active ageing: key priorities for public health policy in the 21st century.
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This section looks back to some ground-breaking contributions to public health, reproducing them in their original form and adding a commentary on their significance from a modern-day perspective. To complement the debate on global population ageing and its implications for all societies, Alexandre Kalache, Isabella Aboderin, & Irene Hoskins review the 1980 paper by James F. Fries on the compression of morbidity. The original paper is reproduced by permission of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization
دوره 80 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002