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Abstract This study is a review article. Gerontology literature was reviewed and issues of latent aging were systematically formed. According to the results of the study, latent aging consists of perceptual diagnosis, research, adoption, and reactive actions.Reactive actions include the social, psychological and physical effects of latent aging. The social effects of latent aging are the decline of social relations and social isolation. Depression, stress, anxiety, traumas and cognitive decline are among the psychological effects. Chronic musculoskeletal pain, sleep disorders, premature mortality, and suicidal ideation were determined as physical effects. The detection of latent aging is important in the prevention of chronic diseases.It was revealed that latent aging has the following four main processes: perceptual diagnosis and coding, research and comparison, adoption and reactive actions. Furthermore, this aging approach has three significant effects: social, psychological and physical. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Author Biography Fahri Özsungur, Adana Science and Technology University Dr., Lawyer, Family and Consumer Sciences, PhD. & Business PhD The author (Dr. Fahri ÖZSUNGUR) was graduated from Ataturk University Faculty of Law, Hacettepe University Department of Family and Consumer Sciences PhD. and Aksaray University Department of Business Ph.D. He is affiliated to Adana Chamber of Commerce Department of Trade Registry Office in the province of Adana in Turkey, Adana Science and Technology University, Rotary International, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Çağ University, WEGATE- European Gateway for Women’s Entrepreneurship and Canadian Institute for International Law Expertise (CIFILE). He is a reviewer in five SSCI/SCI-Expanded/SCI-indexed and three other indexed journals. He has four books and more than 50 (3 SSCI/SCI/SCI-Expanded,5 ESCI) published articles. He is the editor of 5 Journals (International Journal of Human Resource Studies (IJHRS), Humanities and Social Sciences, International Journal of Innovation and Research in Educational Sciences (IJIRES), SCIREA Journal of Sociology, SCIREA Journal of Health, SCIREA Journal of Management). E mail: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected]; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6567-766X References Özsungur, F. (2019). Latent Aging. Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR). 20(4)-2019. BJSTR. MS.ID.003497.

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