Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in an older population from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the FIBRA-RJ Study

OBJECTIVE: Frailty syndrome can be defined as a state of vulnerability to stressors resulting from a decrease in functional reserve across multiple systems and compromising an individual's capacity to maintain homeostasis. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of frailty and...

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Autores principales: Moreira, Virgílio Garcia, Lourenço, Roberto Alves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2013
Materias:
Clinical Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23917663
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2013(07)15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23917663
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2013(07)15

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