Incidence and predictors of multimorbidity in the elderly: A population-based longitudinal study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Melis, René ^a   Marengoni, Alessandra ^b,c   Angleman, Sara ^c   Fratiglioni, Laura ^c,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c AGING RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84904818346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103120     Document Type: Article

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