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Accumulation of Deficits as a Proxy Measure of Aging
This paper develops a method for appraising health status in elderly people. A frailty index was defined as the proportion of accumulated deficits (symptoms, signs, functional impairments, and laboratory abnormalities). It serves as an individual state variable, reflecting severity of illness and pr...
Autores principales: | Mitnitski, Arnold B., Mogilner, Alexander J., Rockwood, Kenneth |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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TheScientificWorldJOURNAL
2001
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6084020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12806071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.58 |
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