A conceptual framework of frailty: A review

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Bortz II, Walter M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036239153     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/57.5.M283     Document Type: Review

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