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The Contribution of Diseases to the Male-Female Disability-Survival Paradox in the Very Old: Results from the Newcastle 85+ Study
BACKGROUND: Explanations for the male-female disability-survival paradox - that woman live longer than men but with more disability - include sex differences in diseases and their impact on disability and death. Less is known about the paradox in the very old. We examine sex differences in the prese...
Autores principales: | Kingston, Andrew, Davies, Karen, Collerton, Joanna, Robinson, Louise, Duncan, Rachel, Bond, John, Kirkwood, Thomas B. L., Jagger, Carol |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24516578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0088016 |
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