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Disability incidence and functional decline among older adults with major chronic diseases

BACKGROUND: More than 80% of elderly Americans have at least one chronic disease. While past studies have shown that hierarchical patterns of functional loss may differ by gender and institutional settings, little is known about whether such patterns differ in relation to chronic health condition. T...

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Autor principal: Fong, Joelle H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6873710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31752701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1348-z