Comorbid chronic diseases, discordant impact on mortality in older people: A 14-year longitudinal population study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1036-1042

  Caughey, G E ^a   Ramsay, E N ^b   Vitry, A I ^a   Gilbert, A L ^a   Luszcz, M A ^c   Ryan, P ^b   Roughead, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; OSTEOLOGY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78649486384     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.088260     Document Type: Article

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