Gerontology

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Gerontology

Eurovoc reference

1153 Gerontology

Related concepts

• Elderly person

Alternative Concepts

• Geriatrics

Definition

The study of the social, psychological and biological aspects of ageing.

Other Languages

• Spanish: Gerontología
• French: Gérontologie
• German: Gerontologie
• Italian: Gerontologia
• Portuguese: Gerontologia
• Polish: Gerontologia

Properties and Values of Gerontology

• URI https://en.legalthesaurus.org/gerontology/
• skos:Concept: https://en.legalthesaurus.org/gerontology/

Preferred lexical labels

• skos:prefLabel: Gerontology (en) (USE)
• Term in other languages: see above

Generic concepts

• skos:broader: See above (GT)
• skos:hasTopConcept: See above (Areas)

Specific concepts

• skos:narrower: See the specific concepts above (ST)

Related concepts

• skos:related: see the associative relationships above (RT)
• skos:related: related (other related concepts)

Alternative lexical labels

• skos:altLabel: see the alternative concepts above (UF)
• skos:altLabel: synonym (S)
• skos:altLabel: look up Gerontology abbreviations and acronyms (A)

Documentation notes

• skos:scopeNote: this concept on Gerontology defines the activities of Gerontology (en)
• skos:editorialNote: Editorial Note on Gerontology (EN)
• skos:notation: Notation on Gerontology: see reference Eurovoc (N)
• skos:definition: Gerontology definition:
• skos:example: example of Gerontology usage:

Thematic indexing

• dct:subject: https://lawin.org/gerontology/
• Definitions: See the meaning(s) of Gerontology
• Search the digital platform (S)

Other general information

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