Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 54, Issue 7 , Pages 680-686 , July 2001

Prevalence of morbidity and multimorbidity in elderly male populations and their impact on 10-year all-cause mortality: The FINE study (Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Elderly)

  • Alessandro Menotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. c/o Cardioricerca, Via Adda 87, Rome, Italy 00198. Tel.: +39-06-8543109, fax: +39-06-8553568.(A. Menotti)
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  • Ina Mulder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • Aulikki Nissinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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  • Simona Giampaoli

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Instituto Superiore di Sanitá, Rome, Italy
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  • Edith J.M Feskens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chronic Diseases Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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  • Daan Kromhout

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Research, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Received 24 February 2000 ,Revised 21 November 2000 ,Accepted 29 November 2000.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
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