Association Rules Analysis of Comorbidity and Multimorbidity: The Concord Health and Aging in Men Project

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 625-631

  Held, Fabian P ^a   Blyth, Fiona ^a   Gnjidic, Danijela ^a   Hirani, Vasant ^a,b   Naganathan, Vasikaran ^a   Waite, Louise M ^a   Seibel, Markus J ^a   Rollo, Jennifer ^a   Handelsman, David J ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^a,b   Le Couteur, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Frailty; Multimorbidities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84965155488     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv181     Document Type: Article

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