Commentary for the Elderly in the Pandemic Era

摘要

In Korea, research into geriatric medicines started the Seoul Longitudinal Study on Aging from 1996 to 1999 [1] at the WHO Collaborating Center of Physical Culture and Aging Research for Health Promotion, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. The Seoul Longitudinal Study studied subjects (centenarians) older than 95 years of age [2]. Since 2001, various members of the Faculties of Medicine, Nutrition, Psychology, Family and Environmental Medicine, Demography, and Anthropology have participated in the nation-wide Korean Centenarian Study.