**GERIATRICS**

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Edited by **Craig S. Atwood**

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/1893 Edited by Craig S. Atwood

#### **Contributors**

Demet Özbabalik, Didem Arslantas, Nese Tuncer Elmacı, Minoru Yamada, Hidenori Arai, Tomoki Aoyama, Yutaka Takata, Toshihiro Ansai, Inho Soh, Shuji Awano, Yukata Yoshitake, Yasuo Kimura, Ikuo Nakamichi, Sumio Akifusa, Kenichi Goto, Akihiro Yoshida, Ritsuko Fujisawa, Kazuo Sonoki, Tatsui Nishihara, Ayla Keçeci, Serap Bulduk, Arthur Oscar Schelp, Julie Ratcliffe, Kate Laver, Leah Couzner, Maria Crotty, Hunkyung Kim, Kahana, Jeffrey Kahana, Loren Lovegreen, Noriko Kojimahara, Junichiro Yamauchi, Noran Hairi, Yukio Yamori, Satoshi Ohashi, Toshiya Toda, Mari Mori, Atsumi Hamada, Hideki Mori, Marie-Hélène Lacoste-Ferre

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