The compression of morbidity

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 801-823

  Fries, James F ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPRESSION OF MORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL MODEL; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LUNG CANCER; MAXIMUM LIFE POTENTIAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DEATH; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; ORGAN RESERVE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PLASTICITY OF AGING; PREMATURE DEATH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORBIDITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31344480705     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00401.x     Document Type: Review

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