Frailty in older adults: Evidence for a phenotype

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Fried, L P ^a   Tangen, C M ^a   Walston, J ^a   Newman, A B ^a   Hirsch, C ^a   Gottdiener, J ^a   Seeman, T ^a   Tracy, R ^a   Kop, W J ^a   Burke, G ^a   McBurnie, M A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; EVALUATION; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYNDROME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 2442699834     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.3.m146     Document Type: Article

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