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Agency National Institute on Aging
Acronym NIA
Hierarchy Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health.
Docs News Releases; Fact Sheets; Newsletters; Research Reports; Bibliographies; Searchable Databases
URL http://www.nih.gov/nia/
Notes Supports and conducts high quality research on aging processes, age-related diseases, special problems and needs of the aged; trains and develops highly skilled research scientists from all population groups; develops and maintains state-of-the-art resources to accelerate research progress; and disseminates information and communicates with the public and interested groups on health and research advances and on new directions for research.
Subjects AGED AGING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT