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245 00 ^aGerontology :^bperspectives and issues /^cJanet M. Wilmoth,Kenneth F. Ferraro, editors.
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250 ^a4th ed.
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260 ^aNew York :^bSpringer Pub.,^c2013.
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300 ^axxiv, 363 p. :^bill. ;^c24 cm.
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504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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505 0 ^aAging scholarship. The fountain of gerontologicaldiscovery / Janet M. Wilmoth and Kenneth F. Ferraro. Theevolution of gerontology as a scientific field of inquiry/ Kenneth F. Ferraro. Demographic perspectives on aging /Janet M. Wilmoth and Charles F. Longino, Jr. -- Physicalaspects of aging. Cellular and organismal aspects ofsenescence and longevity / David J. Waters. Cognitiveaging / Aimée M. Surprenant and Ian Neath. Disabilityconcepts and measurement: contributions of theepidemiology of disability to gerontological inquiry /Frederic D. Wolinsky and Douglas K. Miller. The role ofnutrition in the older individual / Dorothy M. Morré.Exercise and aging / Michael G. Flynn -- Social aspects ofaging. Socioemotional aspects of aging / Karen L.Fingerman and Brooke N. Baker. Age structures, aging, andthe life course / Linda K. George. Social forces, lifecourse consequences: cumulative disadvantage and gettingAlzheimers / Kathryn Z. Douthit and Dale Dannefer.Humanistic gerontology and the meaning(s) of aging /Thomas R. Cole and Michelle Sierpina -- Public policy.Retirement and financial security: an economist thinks outloud / Timothy M. Smeeding. Social lives in later life /Christine L. Himes and Ying Fang. Politics and policy inthe lives of older Americans / Robert B. Hudson --Afterword. The gerontological imagination / Kenneth F.Ferraro.
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650 0 ^aGerontology^zUnited States.
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650 2 ^aGeriatrics.
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650 2 ^aAged.
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650 2 ^aAging.
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700 1 ^aWilmoth, Janet M.^q(Janet May)
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700 1 ^aFerraro, Kenneth F.
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