Recent trends in chronic disease, impairment and disability among older adults in the United States
Open Access
- 18 August 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Geriatrics
- Vol. 11 (1), 47
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-11-47
Abstract
To examine concurrent prevalence trends of chronic disease, impairment and disability among older adults.Keywords
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