Multimorbidity and the inequalities of global ageing: A cross-sectional study of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Afshar, Sara ^a   Roderick, Paul J ^a   Kowal, Paul ^b,c   Dimitrov, Borislav D ^a   Hill, Allan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult health; Ageing; Epidemiological transition; Health inequalities; Multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938915093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2008-7     Document Type: Article

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