Prevalence of frailty in middle-aged and older community-dwelling Europeans living in 10 countries

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 675-681

  Santos Eggimann, Brigitte ^a   Cuénoud, Patrick ^b   Spagnoli, Jacques ^a   Junod, Julien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aged; Epidemiology; Frail elderly; Frailty; Middle aged; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; WEAKNESS; AGE; FATIGUE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66149129925     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp012     Document Type: Article

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