The mortality rate as a function of accumulated deficits in a frailty index

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 123, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1457-1460

  Mitnitski, Arnold B ^a,b   Mogilner, Alexander J ^a,b   MacKnight, Chris ^a,b   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Frailty index; Power law relationships; Rate of mortality; Scale invariance; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036756749     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(02)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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