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    Geriatrics & Gerontology International: Volume 8, Issue 4

    213-312
    December 2008
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REVIEW ARTICLE

Osteocytes in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis

Kyoji Ikeda, 
  • Pages: 213-217
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PRACTICE AND HEALTH

Switch to oral hypoglycemic agent therapy from insulin injection in patients with type 2 diabetes

Takashi Okamoto,  Lisa Okamoto,  Michael P Lisanti,  Masahiro Akishita, 
  • Pages: 218-226
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Predictors of length of stay between the young and aged in hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia patients

Mamun Kaysar,  Tee Augustine,  Lim Jim,  Castasus Benjamin, 
  • Pages: 227-233
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Effects of stroke-induced damage to swallow-related areas in the brain on swallowing mechanics of elderly patients

Tateo Warabi,  Takuya Ito,  Masamichi Kato,  Hidetoshi Takei,  Nobuyoshi Kobayashi,  Susumu Chiba, 
  • Pages: 234-242
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Co-administration of l-cystine and l-theanine enhances efficacy of influenza vaccination in elderly persons: Nutritional status-dependent immunogenicity

Koichi Miyagawa,  Yoshimitsu Hayashi,  Shigekazu Kurihara,  Akiko Maeda, 
  • Pages: 243-250
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Incidence of vertebral fractures in Thai women and men: A prospective population-based study

Sutthichai Jitapunkul,  Jittima Thamarpirat,  Dootchai Chaiwanichsiri,  Jariya Boonhong, 
  • Pages: 251-258
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Effects of long-term transdermal hormone replacement therapy on the renin–angiotensin– aldosterone system, plasma bradykinin levels and blood pressure in normotensive postmenopausal women

Akiko Ichikawa,  Hiroyuki Sumino,  Tetsuya Ogawa,  Shuichi Ichikawa,  Kosaku Nitta, 
  • Pages: 259-264
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Water- versus land-based exercise effects on physical fitness in older women

Danilo S Bocalini,  Andrey J Serra,  Neif Murad,  Rozeli F Levy, 
  • Pages: 265-271
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Falls among community-dwelling elderly people of Hokkaido, Japan

Satoru Kojima,  Taketo Furuna,  Nozomu Ikeda,  Mariko Nakamura,  Yuji Sawada, 
  • Pages: 272-277
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Stress-induced blood pressure elevation in subjects with mild cognitive impairment: Effects of the dual-type calcium channel blocker, cilnidipine

Yumiko Kawashima,  Masahiro Akishita,  Hiroshi Hasegawa,  Koichi Kozaki,  Kenji Toba, 
  • Pages: 278-283
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: SOCIAL RESEARCH, PLANNING AND PRACTICE

Relationship between intensity of physical activity and health-related quality of life in Portuguese institutionalized elderly

Alexandrina Lobo,  Paula Santos,  Joana Carvalho,  Jorge Mota, 
  • Pages: 284-290
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: BIOLOGY

Measuring grandparenthood stress and reward: Developing a scale based on perceptions by grandparents with adolescent grandchildren in Hong Kong

Lou Vivian Wei-Qun,  Iris Chi, 
  • Pages: 291-299
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Relationship between physical and cognitive function, blood pressure and serum lipid concentration in centenarians

Kenichiro Shimizu,  Nobuyoshi Hirose,  Michiyo Takayama,  Yasumichi Arai,  Yasuyuki Gondo,  Yoshinori Ebihara,  Ken Yamamura,  Susumu Nakazawa,  Hiroki Inagaki,  Yukie Masui,  Koji Kitagawa, 
  • Pages: 300-302
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

Emotional therapy for patients with dementia

Akiko Hirazakura,  Reiko Hatakeyama,  Yumiko Fukuoka,  Atsuko Satoh,  Kazuko Kobayashi,  Masahiko Fujii,  Hidetada Sasaki, 
  • Pages: 303-306
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

AUTHOR INDEX

Author index

  • Pages: 307-308
  • First Published: 11 November 2008

SUBJECT INDEX

Subject index

  • Pages: 309-312
  • First Published: 11 November 2008