Understanding frailty

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 975, 2007, Pages 16-20

  Lally, Frank ^a   Crome, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANEMIA; CLINICAL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FATIGUE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL CARE; OBESITY; OLIGOPHRENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846994715     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2006.048587     Document Type: Review

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