Limits to deficit accumulation in elderly people

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 494-496

  Rockwood, Kenneth ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Frailty (deficit accumulation) index; Limits; Maximum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH DEFICIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33645841077     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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