Author : Michał Karasek
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781594544262
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)
Book Synopsis Aging and Age-related Diseases by : Michał Karasek
Download or read book Aging and Age-related Diseases written by Michał Karasek and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ageing has become a great problem for many countries. Due to world-wide life prolongation the number of people over 6o years old has grown rapidly into a ten percent piece of the world population. The growing age of the world population raises many social, economical, and medical problems. The proportion of people in the economically active age groups to those who are over 65 is constantly decreasing. A major consequence of the increasing numbers of individuals in advanced age groups is increasing numbers of patients suffering from age-related diseases. The aim of this book is to present the basic data on human ageing as well as on age-related diseases.