Open AccessAging Society and Environmental Health Challenges
Author(s) -
YunChul Hong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1206334
Subject(s) - gerontology , population ageing , population , environmental health , medicine , world population , healthy aging , demography , sociology
The world population is aging. In fact, between 2000 and 2050 the global population ≥ 60 years of age is projected to more than triple, reaching nearly 2 billion, and the elderly population is growing faster than the total population in practically all regions of the world (United Nations 2001).
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