Frailty and hospitalization of long-term stay nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-269

  Fried, Terri R ^a,b   Mor, Vincent ^c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031055145     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb00938.x     Document Type: Article

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