Evaluation of frailty of the elderly;Évaluation de la fragilité de la personne âgée

Louvain Medical

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Cornette, P ^a   Schoevaerdts, D ^b   Swine, C ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FRAILTY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 16244370424     PISSN: 00246956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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