Aging, place, and health : a global perspective / William A. Satariano, Marlon Maus.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global aging of the population : the significance of an epidemiological perspective -- Aging, health, and the environment : an ecological model -- Early life predictors of late life health -- Survival, mortality, and cause of death -- Aging and late-life mobility -- Aging and cognitive functioning -- Aging and the epidemiology of depression -- Disease, comorbidity and multimorbidity -- Frailty and geriatric syndromes -- Aging and falls -- Motor vehicle crashes and other traffic-related injury and death in older populations -- Conducting international epidemiological studies of aging -- Roadmap for statistics in aging studies -- Healthy aging and its implications for public health : social and behavioral interventions -- Healthy aging and its implications for public health : healthy communities -- Future directions.