The prevalence of subjective frailty and factors associated with frailty in Taiwan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue , 2010, Pages S43-S47

  Chen, Chin Ying ^a   Wu, Shwu Chong ^b   Chen, Liang Ju ^b   Lue, Bee Horng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Frailty of elderly in Taiwan

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLUID THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77952468797     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(10)70012-1     Document Type: Article

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