The rate of aging: the rate of deficit accumulation does not change over the adult life span

Biogerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 199-204

  Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Deficit accumulation; Frailty; Longitudinal analysis; NPHS; Recovery time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT LIFESPAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AVERAGE RECOVERY TIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFICIT ACCUMULATION RATE; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATE OF AGING; TIME; TREND STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955374817     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-015-9583-y     Document Type: Article

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