Multimorbidity, disability, and mortality in community-dwelling older adults.

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Published in Can Fam Physician on May 01, 2014

Authors

Philip D St John1, Suzanne L Tyas2, Verena Menec3, Robert Tate4

Author Affiliations

1: Geriatrician in Winnipeg and Associate Professor and Head of the Section of Geriatrics at the University of Manitoba. pstjohn@hsc.mb.ca.
2: Epidemiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.
3: Social psychologist and Director of the Centre on Aging at the University of Manitoba.
4: Epidemiologist and Professor at the University of Manitoba.

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