Appropriate use of the term fragility;Uso apropiado del término fragilidad

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 58-59

  Abizanda, P ^a   Romero, L ^a   Luengo, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PERPETUO SOCORRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; GERIATRICS; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 14844303866     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0211-139x(05)74825-3     Document Type: Letter

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