Disability in older people: A mass problem requiring mass solutions

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Volumn 353, Issue 9169, 1999, Pages 1990-1992

  Ebrahim, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033549277     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00195-6     Document Type: Note

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