Research agenda for frailty in older adults: Toward a better understanding of physiology and etiology: Summary from the American Geriatrics Society/National Institute on Aging research conference on frailty in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 991-1001

  Walston, Jeremy ^a,g   Hadley, Evan C ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Guralnik, Jack M ^b   Newman, Anne B ^c   Studenski, Stephanie A ^d,e   Ershler, William B ^f   Harris, Tamara ^b   Fried, Linda P ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Laboratory of Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Natl Geriatrics Research Consortium   (United States)

^g John R Burton Pavilion   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty; Multisystem decline; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE;

AGED; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES, NIH; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744913541     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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