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Health and social participation of older people in Europe

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Older people play an important role in the social participation in our society. However, are these mainly the healthy and active older people that remain active or also those older people with health problems? To what extent does health affect the social participation of older people in Europe?

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  1. University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Suzan Van der Pas

  2. department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Suzan Van der Pas & Henrike Galenkamp

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Suzan van der Pas is professor of social innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Applied Sciences Leiden. She is also senior researcher at the department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the VU University Medical Center.

Henrike Galenkamp is postdoctoral researcher at the department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the VU University Medical Center.

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Van der Pas, S., Galenkamp, H. Health and social participation of older people in Europe. Geron 17 (Suppl 1), 33–36 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40718-015-0110-7

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