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Validating a widely used measure of frailty: are all sub-components necessary? Evidence from the Whitehall II cohort study
There is growing interest in the measurement of frailty in older age. The most widely used measure (Fried) characterizes this syndrome using five components: exhaustion, physical activity, walking speed, grip strength, and weight loss. These components overlap, raising the possibility of using fewer...
Autores principales: | Bouillon, Kim, Sabia, Severine, Jokela, Markus, Gale, Catharine R., Singh-Manoux, Archana, Shipley, Martin J., Kivimäki, Mika, Batty, G. David |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22772579 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-012-9446-2 |
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