Erratum: Socioeconomic status as a moderator between frailty and mortality at old ages (BMC Geriatrics (2016) 16 (151) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0322-2);Socioeconomic status as a moderator between frailty and mortality at old ages

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Gu, Danan ^a   Yang, Fang ^b   Sautter, Jessica ^c  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Frailty; Frailty index; Moderator; Mortality; Older adults; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomic vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84986607499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0330-2     Document Type: Erratum

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