Development of a Physiological Frailty Index for the World Trade Center General Responder Cohort

Responders to the 9/11/2001 WTC attacks were exposed to multiple toxic pollutants. Since 2002, the health of the responder cohort has been continuously tracked by the WTC Health Monitoring Program. However, no assessments have been made of frailty, an important health metric given the current averag...

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Main Authors: Ghalib A. Bello, Roberto G. Lucchini, Susan L. Teitelbaum, Moshe Shapiro, Michael A. Crane, Andrew C. Todd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3725926