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Is frailty a stable predictor of mortality across time? Evidence from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies

BACKGROUND: age-specific mortality reduction has been accompanied by a decrease in the prevalence of some diseases and an increase in others. Whether populations are becoming ‘healthier’ depends on which aspect of health is being considered. Frailty has been proposed as an integrative measure to qua...

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Autores principales: Mousa, Andria, Savva, George M, Mitnitski, Arnold, Rockwood, Kenneth, Jagger, Carol, Brayne, Carol, Matthews, Fiona E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29905755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy077