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Frailty in Older Adults: A Nationally Representative Profile in the United States | Synapse

August 21, 2015Open Access

Frailty in Older Adults: A Nationally Representative Profile in the United States

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Our findings support the importance of frailty in late-life health etiology and potential value of frailty as a marker of risk for adverse health outcomes and as a means of identifying opportunities for intervention in clinical practice and public health policy.

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Bandeen‐Roche et al. (Fri,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d8ef542c87b79b92d18316 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glv133

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