Old or frail: What tells us more?

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 962-965

  Schuurmans, Hanneke ^a,b   Steverink, Nardi ^a,b   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^b   Frieswijk, Nynke ^b   Slaets, Joris P J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; FEMALE; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SELF CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WELLBEING;

EID: 5644278730     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/59.9.m962     Document Type: Article

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