Toward a working definition of frailty;Vers une définition opérationnelle de la fragilite

Medecine et Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 2459, 2003, Pages 2256-2261

  Guilley, E ^a   Armi, F ^a   Ghisletta, P ^a   D'Epinay, C Lalive ^a   Michel, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; ENERGY; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SENESCENCE; SENSATION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0347383817     PISSN: 00256749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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