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Mortality and Cognitive Status Among Elderly Canadians Living in the Community and in Institutions: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging

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  1. Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada

    Gerry B. Hill MB & Ian McDowell PhD

  2. University of Waterloo, Canada

    William F. Forbes PhD

  3. Health Canada, Canada

    Joan Lindsay PhD

  4. University of Western Ontario, Canada

    Truls Østbye MD

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Correspondence to Gerry B. Hill MB.

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Supported by Seniors’ Independence Research Program, with funds administered by the National Health Research and Development Program (project 6606-3954-MC[S])

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Hill, G.B., Forbes, W.F., Lindsay, J. et al. Mortality and Cognitive Status Among Elderly Canadians Living in the Community and in Institutions: The Canadian Study of Health and Aging. Can J Public Health 88, 303–304 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03403893

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