The impact of multi-morbidity on disability among older adults in South Africa: do hypertension and socio-demographic characteristics matter?

BACKGROUND: Alongside the global population ageing phenomenon, there has been a rise in the number of individuals who suffer from multiple chronic conditions. Taking the case of South Africa, this study aims, first, to investigate the association between multi-morbidity and disability among older ad...

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Autores principales: Waterhouse, Philippa, van der Wielen, Nele, Banda, Pamela Chirwa, Channon, Andrew Amos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28388911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0537-7

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385014/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28388911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0537-7

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