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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
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vol. 10 no. 2 142-151
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1337
PubMed 
22412006

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • 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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  1. Martin Fortin, MD, MSc, CFPC1,2⇓,
  2. Moira Stewart, PhD3,
  3. Marie-Eve Poitras, RN, MSc2,
  4. José Almirall, MD, PhD1,2 and
  5. Heather Maddocks, PhD, Candidate3,4
  1. 1Department of Family Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
  2. 2Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
  3. 3Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  4. 4Department of Sociology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  1. 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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