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Social Vulnerability, Frailty and Mortality in Elderly People

BACKGROUND: Social vulnerability is related to the health of elderly people, but its measurement and relationship to frailty are controversial. The aims of the present study were to operationalize social vulnerability according to a deficit accumulation approach, to compare social vulnerability and...

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Autores principales: Andrew, Melissa K., Mitnitski, Arnold B., Rockwood, Kenneth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375054/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002232