@article{77fbbe3d471f4c03ae3f7e0965be5cfd,
title = "Frailty and survival of rural and urban seniors: Results from the Canadian study of health and aging",
author = "Xiaowei Song and Chris MacKnight and Robin Latta and Mitnitski, {Arnold B.} and Kenneth Rockwood",
note = "Funding Information: The data reported in this article were collected as part of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. The core study was funded through the Seniors{\textquoteright} Independence Research Program from the National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP) program of Health Canada (project no. 6606-3954-MC(S)). Additional funding was provided through Pfizer Canada Incorporated through the Medical Research Council/ Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada Health Activity Program, NHRDP (project no. 6603-1417-302(R)), Bayer Incorporated, and the British Columbia Health Research Foundation (projects no. 38(93-2) and no. 34(96-1)). The study was coordinated through the University of Ottawa and the Division of Aging and Seniors, Health Canada. Additional funds for analysis came from Hoechst Marion Roussel Canada, through a grant administered by the Medical Research Council of Canada (Grant no. MRC PA-13560). Dr. Song is supported by a post-doctoral fellowship from the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Dr. MacKnight and Professor Rockwood are both supported by investigator awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Professor Rockwood is also supported by the Kathryn Allen Weldon Chair in Alzheimer Research at Dalhousie University. Additional analytical support came from CIHR grant MOP-46169 to Dr. Mitnitski and CIHR grant RLH-54123 to Dr. MacKnight.",
year = "2007",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1007/BF03324681",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "145--153",
journal = "Aging clinical and experimental research",
issn = "1594-0667",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
number = "2",
}