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Inequalities in Life Expectancy With Frailty Among Brazilian Older Adults: A Multistate Approach

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Frailty is considered one of the major conditions faced by aging societies. Little has been reported about the effect of becoming frail on life expectancy among older adults in developing countries. The aim was to estimate total life expectancy and life expectancy with or...

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Autores principales: Alves, Luciana Correia, Andrade, Flávia Cristina Drumond, Corona, Ligiana Pires, Santos, Jair Licio Ferreira, Duarte, Yeda Aparecida De Oliveira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6736330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31528717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz032