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New model of health promotion and disease prevention for the 21st century

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Our susceptibility to disease increases as we grow older. Robert Butler and colleagues argue that interventions to slow down ageing could therefore have much greater benefit than those targeted at individual disease

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a399

Authors: R. N Butler, R. A Miller, D. Perry, B. A Carnes, T F. Williams, C. Cassel, J. Brody, M. A Bernard, L. Partridge, T. Kirkwood, G. M Martin, S J. Olshansky

Institutions: International Longevity Centre, University of Michigan, Institute of Gerontology, The University of Tokyo, Alliance for Aging Research, University of Oklahoma, University of Rochester Medicine, University of Rochester, American Board of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, University College London, Newcastle University, American Federation for Aging Research

Language: English

Topic: Public Health Policies and Education

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Wellcome Trust

Award: Functional genomic analysis of ageing.

OpenAlex ID: W2051818429

FWCI: 12.99

Cites: 17

Cited by: 167

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