Methodology, design, and analytic techniques to address measurement of comorbid disease.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on March 01, 2007

Authors

Timothy L Lash1, Vincent Mor, Darryl Wieland, Luigi Ferrucci, William Satariano, Rebecca A Silliman

Author Affiliations

1: Geriatrics Section, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. tlash@bu.edu

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