Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... linked together in complex , interrelated structures , each with its own role to play within the body . Each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes , within which are the genes that form our genetic inheritance . Genes are made up of ...
... linked together in complex , interrelated structures , each with its own role to play within the body . Each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes , within which are the genes that form our genetic inheritance . Genes are made up of ...
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... linked with increasing physical and mental dependence . This is neither an inevitable , nor even a necessary consequence of ageing , and does not follow from the original premise . ( b ) In old age there is greater susceptibility to ...
... linked with increasing physical and mental dependence . This is neither an inevitable , nor even a necessary consequence of ageing , and does not follow from the original premise . ( b ) In old age there is greater susceptibility to ...
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... linked pension schemes will lead the healthiest , the most comfortable and the longest lives after retirement . These material fortunes or misfortunes of old age are closely linked with occupational class during the working life . To ...
... linked pension schemes will lead the healthiest , the most comfortable and the longest lives after retirement . These material fortunes or misfortunes of old age are closely linked with occupational class during the working life . To ...
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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