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Development and validation of a frailty index in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes. The frailty index (FI), defined by the deficit accumulation approach, is a sensitive instrument to measure levels of frailty, and therefore important for longitudinal studies of aging. AIMS: To develop an FI in the Longit...

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Autores principales: Hoogendijk, Emiel O., Theou, Olga, Rockwood, Kenneth, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D., Deeg, Dorly J. H., Huisman, Martijn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5589777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27896796
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40520-016-0689-0