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Applying a cumulative deficit model of frailty to dementia: progress and future challenges

The article by Song and colleagues presents findings from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging showing that the accumulation of health deficits, defined dichotomously and unqualified by severity or domain, predicted late-life dementia independent of chronological age. We identify strengths of this...

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Autores principales: Anstey, Kaarin J, Dixon, Roger A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4244050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25426173
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13195-014-0084-z