Relationship between frailty and cognitive decline in older Mexican Americans

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1845-1852

  Samper Ternent, Rafael ^a   Al Snih, Soham ^a   Raji, Mukaila A ^a,b   Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,b   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Frailty; Mexican Americans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING SPEED; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ALTRETAMINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; WALKING;

EID: 53149129444     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01947.x     Document Type: Article

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