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Social Vulnerability, Frailty and Mortality in Elderly People

BACKGROUND: Social vulnerability is related to the health of elderly people, but its measurement and relationship to frailty are controversial. The aims of the present study were to operationalize social vulnerability according to a deficit accumulation approach, to compare social vulnerability and...

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Main Authors: Andrew, Melissa K., Mitnitski, Arnold B., Rockwood, Kenneth
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375054/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18493324
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002232
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