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The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(4):335; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki152
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

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Ageing societies—new priority for public health research?

Johannes Siegrist*

* Department of Medical Sociology, University of Duesseldorf, PO Box , D- Duesseldorf, Germany, tel. + , fax + , e-mail: siegrist@uni-duesseldorf.de

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Population ageing, caused by longer life spans and low fertility rates, has changed the demographics in Europe and around the world. Older people not only are becoming a larger portion of the population, but also face a prolonged period of life in which a majority is relatively healthy, especially so in the ‘third age’ that ranges typically from the mid-50s to the early 80s. Nevertheless, ageing is associated with increased risks of chronic . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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