Effect of eliminating chronic diseases among elderly individuals

• Päätekijät: Alessandro Goncalves Campolina (Tekijä), Fernando Adami (Tekijä), Jair Licio Ferreira Santos (Tekijä), Maria Lucia Lebrao (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Universidade de São Paulo, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Aiheet: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the elimination of certain chronic diseases is capable of leading to the compression of morbidity among elderly individuals. METHODS: A population-based, cross-sectional study was carried out with official data for the city of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil in 2000 an...