Edinburgh is divided into 23 city wards in 10 of which one of us (J.W.) and colleagues provide a geriatric service. The sample was drawn from these 10 wards, contact being made with persons in the sample through their general practitioners. Ninetyfive general practitioners were working in 50 practices with premises in this area. The plan was explained to the doctors, 91 of whom agreed to co-ope...

Today’s globally networked society places great demand on the dissemination and sharing of information. While in the past released information was mostly in tabular and statistical form, many situations call today for the release of specific data (microdata). In order to protect the anonymity of the entities (called respondents) to which information refers, data holders often remove or encrypt ...

SCOTT E. BOWEN, Ph.D., is an associate professor and area chair of the Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program within the Department of Psychology at Wayne State University (WSU). He is also an associate professor in WSU’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His preclinical research is focused on behavioral pharmacology, behavioral toxicology, and neurobehavioral teratology. He inves...