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Disaster Preparedness and the Chronic Disease Needs of Vulnerable Older Adults

About 80% of older adults have at least one chronic condition that makes them more vulnerable than healthy people during a disaster. These chronic conditions — combined with the physiological, sensory, and cognitive changes experienced as part of aging — result in frail older adults having special n...

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Autores principales: Aldrich, Nancy, Benson, William F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248769/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18082016