The burden of chronic diseases in terms of disability, use of health care and healthy life expectancies

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 29-34

  Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A m ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Disability; Healthy life expectancy; Use of health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003014743     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/5.1.29     Document Type: Article

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