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Developing and evaluating a frailty index for older South Africans—findings from the HAALSI study
BACKGROUND: despite rapid population ageing, few studies have investigated frailty in older people in sub-Saharan Africa. We tested a cumulative deficit frailty index in a population of older people from rural South Africa. METHODS: analysis of cross-sectional data from the Health and Ageing in Afri...
Autores principales: | Barker, Fred J, Davies, Justine I, Gomez-Olive, F Xavier, Kahn, Kathleen, Matthews, Fiona E, Payne, Collin F, Salomon, Joshua A, Tollman, Stephen M, Wade, Alisha N, Walker, Richard W, Witham, Miles D |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8581379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34107011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab111 |
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