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标题：MENTAL & SOCIAL DIMENSIONS IN GERIATRIC POPULATION: NEED OF THE HOUR
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作者：S D Kandpal ; Rakesh Kakkar ; Pradeep Aggarwal 等
期刊名称：Indian Journal of Community Health
印刷版ISSN：2248-9509
出版年度：2012
卷号：24
期号：2
页码：71-72
语种：English
出版社：Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chapter
摘要：Ageing is inevitable; it is a natural phenomenon and has its own dynamics, which is beyond human control. Sir James Sterling Ross commented that “you don’t heal old age, you protect it and you promote it” these are the principles of Preventive Medicine1.The Indian elderly population is currently the second largest in the world2. The proportion of elderly population in India rose from 5.6% in 1961 to 7.5% in 20013 & it will rise to 9% by 20164.