Brazil is getting older: demographic changes and epidemiological challenges
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Brazil is getting older: demographic changes and epidemiological challenges.
Population ageing is currently a phenomenon not only in developed countries but also in third world countries. In this paper the features of a population's ageing and the process of epidemiological transition are discussed along with the worldwide changes in age-structure. Population statistics in Brazil and the characteristics of the elderly population are presented and analysed in the light o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista de Saúde Pública
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0034-8910
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101991000600010