Medical challenges of improving the quality of a longer life

JAMA

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 688-690

  Michel, Jean Pierre ^a   Newton, Julia L ^b   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABLED PERSONS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 39049164673     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.299.6.688     Document Type: Note

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