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Increase of mild disability in Japanese elders: A seven year follow-up cohort study

BACKGROUND: Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world. In a 2002 census government report, 18.5% of Japanese were 65 years old and over and 7.9% were over 75 years old. In this ageing population, the increase in the number of dependent older persons, especially those with mild levels of dis...

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Autor principal: Okochi, Jiro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15924625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-5-55