Co-occurrence of diabetes, myocardial infarction, stroke, and cancer: quantifying age patterns in the Dutch population using health survey data

BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of chronic diseases in Western countries implies that the presence of multiple chronic diseases within one person is common. Especially at older ages, when the likelihood of having a chronic disease increases, the co-occurrence of distinct diseases will be encountered...

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Main Authors: van Baal, Pieter H, Engelfriet, Peter M, Boshuizen, Hendriek C, van de Kassteele, Jan, Schellevis, Francois G, Hoogenveen, Rudolf T
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3175448/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21884614
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1478-7954-9-51
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