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A Systematic Review of Prevalence Studies on Multimorbidity: Toward a More Uniform Methodology
Martin Fortin, Moira Stewart, Marie-Eve Poitras, José Almirall and Heather Maddocks
The Annals of Family Medicine March 2012, 10 (2) 142-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1337
Martin Fortin
MD, MSc, CFPC
Moira Stewart
PhD
Marie-Eve Poitras
RN, MSc
José Almirall
MD, PhD
Heather Maddocks
PhD, Candidate

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- Received for publication February 11, 2011
- Revision received June 23, 2011
- Accepted for publication August 5, 2011
- Published online March 12, 2012.
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- Martin Fortin, MD, MSc, CFPC1,2⇓,
- Moira Stewart, PhD3,
- Marie-Eve Poitras, RN, MSc2,
- José Almirall, MD, PhD1,2 and
- Heather Maddocks, PhD, Candidate3,4
- 1Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- 2Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
- 3Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- 4Department of Sociology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
- CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Martin Fortin, MD, MSc, CFPC, Centre de santé et de services sociaux de, Chicoutimi, 305 St-Vallier, Chicoutimi, QC G7H 5H6, Canada, Martin.Fortin{at}usherbrooke.ca
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