Aging, Natural Death, and the Compression of Morbidity

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 130-135

  Fries, James F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIFESPAN; MORBIDITY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0018876664     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198007173030304     Document Type: Article

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