Social vulnerability and survival across levels of frailty in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 709-712

  Armstrong, Joshua J ^a   Andrew, Melissa K ^b   Mitnitski, Arnold ^b   Launer, Lenore J ^c   White, Lon R ^d   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Demography and Biometry   (United States)

^d PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Frailty; Frailty index; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY; SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; AGING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; JAMAICA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAMAICA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84937394036     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv016     Document Type: Article

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