Causes and consequences of comorbidity: A review

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 661-674

  Gijsen, Ronald ^a   Hoeymans, Nancy ^a   Schellevis, François G ^b   Ruwaard, Dirk ^a   Satariano, William A ^c   Van Den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Comorbidity; Etiology; Health care; Mortality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034955422     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00363-2     Document Type: Article

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