Comparing indexes of frailty: The cardiovascular health study and the study of Osteoporotic fractures

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 383-385

  Filho, Sergio Telles Ribeiro ^a,b,c   Lourenço, Roberto Alves ^a,b,c   Moreira, Virgilio Garcia ^a,b,c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXHAUSTION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE MASS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 75749124255     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02690.x     Document Type: Letter

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