Report of the National Institute on Aging Task Force on Comorbidity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-280

  Yancik, Rosemary ^a   Ershler, William ^a   Satariano, William ^b   Hazzard, William ^c   Cohen, Harvey J ^d   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Puget Sound VA Health Care System   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248513736     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/62.3.275     Document Type: Review

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