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Fifteen years of progress in understanding frailty and health in aging

The notion of frailty has evolved for more than 15 years. Although there is no consensus definition, frailty reflects a state of increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes for individuals of the same chronological age. Two commonly used clinical tools, the frailty index and the frailty pheno...

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Autores principales: Rockwood, Kenneth, Howlett, Susan E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6258409/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30477486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1223-3