Comorbility in the elderly: Epidemiology and clinical features;La comorbilità nell'anziano: Epidemiologia e caratteristiche cliniche

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Abete, Pasquale ^a   Testa, G ^a   Della Morte, D ^a   Mazzella, F ^a   Galizia, G ^a   D'Ambrosio, D ^a   Visconti, C ^a   Gargiulo, G ^a   Cacciatore, F ^b   Rengo, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Comorbility; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; ITALY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 25444521327     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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