New horizons in frailty: Ageing and the deficit-scaling problem

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 416-423

  Howlett, Susan E ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Capital District Health Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Animal models; Deficit accumulation; Frailty index; Older people; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL AGING; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIVISION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DNA REPAIR; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANIMAL MODELS; DEFICIT ACCUMULATION; FRAILTY INDEX; OLDER PEOPLE; PHENOTYPE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84879872304     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft059     Document Type: Article

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