Active aging in Portugal: challenges and opportunities in health

The changes in the Portuguese society and the improvement of the living conditions of the population had positive impacts on the health outcomes of the Portuguese, which led to an improvement in life expectancy, greater longevity (to live longer) and, consequently, a progressive aging of the populat...

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Autor principal: Nunes, Alexandre Morais (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:por
Publicado em: 2017
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Texto completo:https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2017v20i4p49-71
País:Brasil
Oai:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/36132
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Resumo:The changes in the Portuguese society and the improvement of the living conditions of the population had positive impacts on the health outcomes of the Portuguese, which led to an improvement in life expectancy, greater longevity (to live longer) and, consequently, a progressive aging of the population . In this article, the challenges and opportunities of the demographic transition registered in Portugal.