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Original Articles

Identifying frailty risk profiles of home-dwelling older people: focus on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics

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Pages 1031-1039 | Received 08 Dec 2015, Accepted 17 May 2016, Published online: 07 Jun 2016

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