Disease clusters in older adults: Rationale and need for investigation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2395-2396

  Marengoni, Alessandra ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84055189361     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03687.x     Document Type: Note

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