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HEALTHY ELDERLY [4 records]

Record 1 2023-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
  • Psychology (General)
  • Sociology of Old Age
CONT

Geriatric psychiatrists focus on prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorders in the elderly and improvement of psychiatric care for healthy and ill elderly patients.

Key term(s)
  • old-age psychiatrist
  • psycho-geriatrician

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
Key term(s)
  • géronto-psychiatre
  • psycho-gériatre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Personal médico
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Sociología de la ancianidad
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Record 2 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Food Industries
DEF

Of or pertaining to diet, or to the regulation of the kind and quantity of food to be eaten especially as a branch of medical science.

CONT

... a range of foods is available-dietetic foods-modified to suit the condition of the patient.... such foods fall into two categories : Those foods which meet special nutritional needs of healthy persons such as foods designed for infants and children, and pregnant or nursing mothers, elderly persons, and persons engaged in intensive physical exertion or living under special environmental conditions. Those formulated for persons suffering from physiological disorders...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Relatif à un régime alimentaire, surtout restrictif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 3 1991-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
OBS

Service de santé publique, Sudbury.

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
CONT

The terminal plasma elimination half-life ranged between 4. 1 and 6. 1 hours in healthy adults, while in elderly subjects is ranged between 3. 0 and 6. 1 hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
OBS

(...) on peut mesurer la demi-vie d'élimination (t 1/2) du médicament, c'est-à-dire le temps nécessaire à la diminution de moitié de la concentration sanguine du principe actif.

OBS

(La demi-vie plasmatique c'est) le temps nécessaire pour réduire de moitié le taux de l'antibiotique inchangé (non métabolisé).

Spanish

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