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Risk factors of functional disability among community-dwelling elderly people by household in Japan: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Although the number of elderly people needing care is increasing rapidly in the home setting in Japan, family size and ability to provide such support are declining. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors of functional disability by household composition among communi...

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Autores principales: Saito, Emiko, Ueki, Shouzoh, Yasuda, Nobufumi, Yamazaki, Sachiko, Yasumura, Seiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25154498
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-93