The contribution of risk factors to socioeconomic inequalities in multimorbidity across the lifecourse: a longitudinal analysis of the Twenty-07 cohort

Abstract Background Multimorbidity is a major challenge to health systems globally and disproportionately affects socioeconomically disadvantaged populations. We examined socioeconomic inequalities in developing multimorbidity across the lifecourse and investigated the contribution of five behaviour...

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Main Authors: Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Kathryn Skivington, Alastair H. Leyland, Kate Hunt, Stewart W Mercer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0913-6

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