An estimate of chronic disease burden and some economic consequences among the elderly Hong Kong population

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 486-489

  Woo, J ^a,b   Ho, S C ^a   Chan, S G ^a   Yu, A L M ^a   Yuen, Y K ^a   Lau, J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; STROKE;

EID: 0030670012     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.5.486     Document Type: Article

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