methods
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: life course approach

epidemiological concepts
type: Concept
narrower: life course approach

life course approach
type: Concept
broader: social science perspectives on epidemiology
broader: medical care and research
broader: epidemiological concepts
definition: Academic studies of aging date to 1907, when Leo Ignatius Nascher coined geriatrics as the medical study of the aged. Gerontology, on the other hand, can be defined as the sociological study of aging. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity; Life Course Approach]

medical care and research
type: Concept
narrower: life course approach

social science perspectives on epidemiology
type: Concept
narrower: life course approach