| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Series |
Perspectives in Behavioral Medicine |
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Perspectives in behavioral medicine.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Genetics and Aging; 2 Quality Adjusted Life Expectancy for Men and Women in the United States; 3 Aging Women, Getting Older, Getting Better?; 4 Menopause as a Turning Point in Midlife; 5 Changes in the Immune System During Aging; 6 Effects of Chronic Stress on Immune Function and Health in the Elderly; 7 Neuroimmune Interactions: Implications for Aging and Immunosenescence--Rodent Models; 8 Immune Functions, Their Psychological Correlates, and Health |
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9 Negative Affect and the Disablement Process in Late Life: A Life-Span Control Theory Approach10 Psychological Factors, Health, and Disease: The Impact of Aging and the Life Cycle; 11 Coping with Chronic Illness Among the Elderly: Maintaining Self-Esteem; 12 Sex, Psychosocial Stress, and Atherosclerosis: A Monkey Model; 13 Comparative Effects of Age and Blood Pressure on Neuropsychological Test Performance: The Framingham Study; 14 Uncertain Health Effects of Cholesterol Reduction in the Elderly; Author |
| Summary |
A dramatic shift in the average age of the U.S. population and the increasing number of elderly Americans has introduced new and challenging healthcare dilemmas. This book addresses these issues with contributed chapters by the leading authorities in the |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Older people -- Health and hygiene.
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Health behavior -- Age factors.
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Aging.
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Geriatrics.
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Aging
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Geriatrics
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Aging
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Geriatrics
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Health behavior -- Age factors
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Older people -- Health and hygiene
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jennings, Richard
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Rabin, Bruce
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Baum, Andrew S
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| ISBN |
9781410605160 |
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1410605167 |
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