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A frailty index to predict the mortality risk in a population of senior mexican adults
BACKGROUND: Frailty in the elderly can be regarded as nonspecific vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, caused by multiple factors. The aim was to analyze the relationships between the frailty index, age and mortality in a two year follow up study of Mexican elderly. METHODS: A frailty index was...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19887005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-47 |