Multimorbidity and Its Patterns according to Immigrant Origin. A Nationwide Register-Based Study in Norway.

INTRODUCTION:As the flows of immigrant populations increase worldwide, their heterogeneity becomes apparent with respect to the differences in the prevalence of chronic physical and mental disease. Multimorbidity provides a new framework in understanding chronic diseases holistically as the conseque...

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Main Authors: Esperanza Diaz, Beatriz Poblador-Pou, Luis-Andrés Gimeno-Feliu, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Bernadette N Kumar, Alexandra Prados-Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4684298?pdf=render