Frailty - A clinical overview

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-175

  Jaafar, Ahmed F ^a   Heycock, Robert ^b   George, James ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH TYNESIDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; EXHAUSTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 47549115060     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259808002542     Document Type: Review

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