Development and validation of a prognostic index for 4-year mortality in older adults.

By Sei J. Lee, K. Lindquist, Mark R. Segal, K. Covinsky. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2006

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Subfields: Demography, Epidemiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology

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