Table of contents for Encyclopedia of aging.

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Counter
AAHSA
Abstract Thinking
AAHSA
Acid-base balance
Activities of Daily Living
Activity Theory
Adaptive Capacity
Adherence **
Adult Day Care
Adult Development
Adult Foster Care
Adult Protective Services**
Advanced Glycation End=Products
Age and Expertise**
Age Stereotypes**
Ageism*
AIDS/HIV in Older Adults
Alcohol Use
Alzheimer's Disease: Clinical **
Alzheimer's Disease: Genetic Factors
Ambulatory Care
Amer. Fed. for Aging Research
American Geriatrics Society
American Indian Aged
American Society on Aging
Americans w/Disabilities Act(1990)
Anti-aging Medicine
Anxiety
Aphasia
Apolipoprotein E
Apoptosis
Architecture
Arthritis
Asian & Pacific Islander American Elders*
Assisted Living: A New Model of Supportive Housing
Assoc. for Gerontology Higher Ed.*
Attention
Autobiographical memory
Autoimmunity
Autonomy & Aging
Baby Boomers and their Future
baltimore Longitudinal Study Aging. 
behavior management*
bereavement
berlin Aging Study (bASE)*
biography
Biology of Fat in Aging
biomarker of Aging
Black American Aged (same as African American 
Elderly entry. Contrib changed title)
blood
body Composition**
Calcium metabolism
Canadian Research on Aging: Recent Studies
Cancer
Cancer Control And Aging
Carbohydrate metabolism
Cardiovascular System: Overview
Cardiovascular System-Heart
Cardiovascular System-Vascular
Caregiving, informal
Case management
Cash Payments for Care*
Cell Aging in Vitro
Cell Aging Relationship between in Vitro & in Vivo 
Models
Centenarians
Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems Morphology
Cerebrovascular Disease 
Chronobiology: Rhythms, Clocks, Chaos, Aging, & 
Other Trends
Clinical memory Assessment
Cognitive Dysfunction: Drug Treatment
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Therapy
Communication Disorders**
Communication Tech & Older Adult
Community Needs Assessment
Competence
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Compression of morbidity:Disease Post
Connective Tissues
Consumer Issues
Continuity Theory
Control, Lifespan Theory
Creativity
Crime (Against and by the Elderly)
Critical Theory and Critical Gerontology
Cross-Cultural Research
Death
Death Anxiety in the Elderly
Dehydroepiandrosterone DHEA
Delirium**
Dementia
Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Dementia, Fronto-Temperal
Demography
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Repair Process
Depression
Developing Countries (used to be Third World Aging)
Developmental Psychology*
Developmental Tasks
Diabetes mellitus
Diet Restriction**
Disability**
Disengagement
Disposable Soma Theory
Disruptive behavior
Divorce
Doctor-Patient Relationship*
Driving
Drug Interactions
Drug Reactions
Duke Longitudinal Studies
Economics
Elder Abuse and Neglect 
Emotions and Aging
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Employment
End-of-Life Care
Energy & bioenergetics
Environmental Assessment
Epilepsy
Estab. Pop. Epidemio.Studies Aging*
Ethics**
Ethnicity*
Ethnographic Research
European Academy of Medicine
Euthanasia*
Evolutionary Theory
Exchange Theory in Aging
Exercise 
Exercise Prescription
Eye: Clinical Issues
Family and medical Leave Act
Family Relationships and Structure 
Fecal and Urinary Incontinence
Female Reproductive System
Filial Responsibility
Frailty
Friendship
Frontal Lobe Dysfunction
Gastrointestinal Function
Gender
Gene Expression
Gene Therapy
Generativity
Genetic Heterogeneity
Genetic Programming Theories
Genitourinary System*
Geographic mobility**
Geriatric Assessment Programs
Geriatric Education Centers
Geriatric Psychiatry
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Centers
Geriatrics
Gerontological Society of America
Gerontology
Goal Setting
Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships
Group Therapy
Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1
Guardianship/Conservatorship
Hair
Health & Retirement Survey
Health Beliefs
Health Care Policy for the Elderly, History of
Health Care: Organiz,Use & Financing
Health Informatics
Health Information Through Telecommunication
Health Insurance
Health maintenance Organizations
Hearing**
Hemispheric Specialization
Hip Fracture
Hispanic Elderly
Home Equity Conversion
Home Modifications
Homelessness
Homeostasis
Homocysteine
Homosexuality
Hormone Replace. Therapy: Estrogen
Hospice
Hostility
Housing
Human Factors for Older Adults
Humanities and the Arts
Humor
Hypertension in the Elderly
Images of Aging in the media
Immune System
Immunizations
Implicit memory and Learning
Individual Retirement Arrangements
Industrial Gerontology
Inflation Impact and Measurement
Information-Processing Theory
Injury
Institutionalization 
Intelligence
Interference
intergenerational Equity
Intergenerational Relationships
International Assoc. of Gerontology*
International Classification of Function
International Federation on Ageing
International Longevity Center
Internet and E-mail Resources
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Introversion
Isolation
Isomerization**
Kidney and Urinary System
Language Comprehension
Language Production
Learned Helplessness
Learning
Legal Services
Leisure
LIfe Course 
Life Events
Life Expectancy
Life Extension
Life Review
Life-Span**
Lipofucsin
Lipoproteins, Serum
Living Wills and Durable Power of Attorney include 
"Proxy in decision-making"
Locus of Control
Loneliness
Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Longevity: Societal Impact
Longitudinal Data sets in Aging
Longitudinal Research
Longitudinal Retirement History Survey
Long-Lived Human Populations
Long-Term Care Ethics
Long-Term Care Policy
Long-Term Care Workforce Issues
Loss
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Applications to the 
Study of Membrane and Energy Metabolism
marital Satisfaction
medicaid
medicare**
Medication misuse and Abuse
melatonin
membranes
memory and memory Theory
memory Schema
memory Training and mnemonics
Memory, Discourse
Memory, Everyday
memory: Neurochemical Correlates
menopause: Psychological Aspects
mental Health
mental Health Services
Mental Status Examination
metamemory
midlife Crisis
Migration
Mild Cognitive Impairment
minorities and Aging
Minority Populations: Recruitment & Retention in Aging 
Research
Mitochondrial DNA Abnormalities
mobility
models for the Study of Aging: Flies
models for the Study of Aging: Nematodes
models for the Study of Aging: Rodents
models for the Study of Aging: Transgenic mice
models for the Study of Aging: Yeast and Other Fungi
modernization Theory
motivation: Theory/Human model
Motor Functions, Central Nervous System
Motor Performance
multidimensional Functional Assess
musculoskeletal System
Narrative Analysis
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
National Association of Boards of Examiners for LTC 
Admin.
National Council on the Aging
National Institute of Mental Health ECA Project
National Institute on Aging
National Institute on Aging, Biology
National Long Term Care Survey
Neuroendocrine Theories of Aging
Neuroplasticity
Neuroticism
Neurotransmitters in the Aging brain
Neurotrophic Factors and Aging
Normative Aging Study
Nursing Home Reform Law 1987
Nursing Homes
Nutrition combine with "Malnutrition in the elderly"
Nutrition Programs
Obesity
Older Americans Act
Older Women's League
Older Worker
ON LOK and Pace Replication
Oral Health
Organizations in Aging
Osteomalacia
Osteoporosis
Oxidative Stress Theory
Pain
Palliative Care*
Parent-child Relationships
Parkinson's Disease*
Pensions, History
Pensions, Policies, and Plan Types
Personal Care/Personal Assistance
Personality
Pets (Animal Assisted Therapy)
Pharmacodynamics
Physician-Assisted Suicide**
Plant Aging
Policy Analysis in Aging
Political Behavior
Political Economy of Health and Aging
Population Aging
Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy
Poverty
Pressure Ulcers
Preventive Health Care
Prion Diseases
Prison Populations
Private Long-Term Care Insurance
Problem Solving
Problem Solving Therapy
Productive Aging
Productivity
Professional Nursing 
Progeroid Syndromes
Prostatic Hyperplasia**
Proteins: Post-Translational modifications
Proteolysis and Protein Turnover
Psychiatric Diagnosis and DSm-IV
Psychological Assessment
Psychosocial Interventions
Psychotherapy
Quality Improvement and Assurance
Quality of Life
Racemization**
Reaction Time
Reality Orientation
Regulation in Long-Term Care
Rehabilitation: Evidence of Outcomes
Religion
Remote memory
Resource Utilization Groups
Respiratory System
Respite Care
Restraints:Physical/Chemical
Retailing and Older adults
Retirement (include early retirement)
Retirement Communities
Retirement Income and Pensions
Retirement Planning
Rhesus monkeys & Primate models
Rigidity
Rural Elderly
Savings
Selective Optimization with CompensationTheory (SOC)
Self-Care Activities
Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Senescence and Transformation
Senior Centers
Senior Companion Program
Sexuality
Siblings
Skeletal Muscle Characteristics
Skin*
Sleep
Sleep Disorders
Social breakdown Theory
Social Cognition
Social Cohesion
Social Problems: Aging, Poverty, and Health
Social Security
Social Security Reform
Social Stratification
Social Stress and Life Events
Social Supports
Sodium balance and Osmolality
Somatic Mutations and Genome Instability
Spatial memory
Special Care Units
Specialized Housing/housing with supportive services
Speech
Stem Cells
Stress and Stressors
Stress Theory of Aging
Subjective Well-being **
Substance Abuse and Addictions (includes subst. abuse 
programs)
Successful Aging
Suicide*
Sundown Syndrome
Supplemental Security Income
Support Groups**
Surveys
Swedish Twin Studies
Taste and Smell
Tax Policies
Technology**
Telemedicine
Telomere Senescence Theory
Temperature Regulation Abnormality
Terminal Drop
Thanatology
Theories in Social Gerontology**
Thyroid Gland
Touch, Sense of
Transportation
Tuberculosis
Tumor Suppression
Twin Studies in Aging Research
Vascular Cognitive Impairment
Veterans**
Vision and Visual Perception
Vitamins
Volunteerism
Wandering
Wear and Tear Theories
Widowhood
Wisdom*
Women: Changing Status
Word-Finding Difficulty
Working memory

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Gerontology -- Encyclopedias.
Older people -- Encyclopedias.
Geriatrics -- Encyclopedias -- English.
Aged.