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... > health > public health > epidemiology > epidemiological concepts > life course approach

... > health > public health > epidemiology > social science perspectives on epidemiology > life course approach

... > health > public health > epidemiology > medical care and research > life course approach

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life course approach

Academic studies of aging date to 1907, when Leo Ignatius Nascher coined geriatrics as the medical study of the aged. Gerontology, on the other hand, can be defined as the sociological study of aging. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity; Life Course Approach]

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