Multi-morbidity and disability, findings from the KORA-Age study
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Multi-morbidity and disability, findings from the KORA-Age study
KORA-Age is a multidisciplinary research consortium funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (FKZ 01ET1003). The objective of KORAAge is to examine the prevalence and determinants of mortality, multi-morbidity, functioning and successful ageing in persons aged 65 years or older in a large cohort of randomly selected inhabitants of the region of Augsburg, Germany. The KORA...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Proceedings
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1753-6561
DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-7-s4-s10