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skeletal frailty index: a standalone construct

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a composite score adding up multiple skeletal indicators of stress and disease to estimate an individual's frailty, the relative risk of dying.

In bioarchaeology, skeletal frailty index refers to a composite score adding up multiple skeletal indicators of stress and disease to estimate an individual's frailty, the relative risk of dying. This meaning comes from Marklein (2016) in American Journal of Physical Anthropology.[1]

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  1. Marklein, K. E., Leahy, R. E., & Crews, D. E. (2016). In sickness and in death: Assessing frailty in human skeletal remains. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 161(2), 208-225. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23019

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