Grip strength predicts outcome [6]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-

  Bohannon, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL;

AGED; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33646201913     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj061     Document Type: Letter

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