Reaching 100 in the Countryside: Health Profile and Living Circumstances of Portuguese Centenarians from the Beira Interior Region

The interest in studying a specific population of centenarians who lives in the country’s interior region (PT100-BI) emerged during the first Portuguese systematic study about centenarians (PT100 Oporto Centenarian Study). This region of Portugal is predominantly rural and is one of the regions with...

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Main Authors: Rosa Marina Afonso, Oscar Ribeiro, Maria Vaz Patto, Marli Loureiro, Manuel Joaquim Loureiro, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Susana Patrício, Sara Alvarinhas, Tatiana Tomáz, Clara Rocha, Ana Margarida Jerónimo, Fátima Gouveia, Ana Paula Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8450468