Multimorbidity, disability, and mortality in community-dwelling older adults

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  St John, Philip D ^a,b   Tyas, Suzanne L ^c   Menec, Verena ^b   Tate, Robert ^b  

^a Section of Geriatrics University of Manitoba GG 441 Health Sciences Centre ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME OF DEATH; CANADA; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRICS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANITOBA; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84901328361     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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