The BELFRAIL (BFC80+) study: A population-based prospective cohort study of the very elderly in Belgium

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vaes, Bert ^a   Pasquet, Agnes ^b   Wallemacq, Pierre ^b   Rezzoug, Nawel ^b   Mekouar, Hassan ^b   Olivier, Pierre Alexandre ^b   Legrand, Delphine ^a   Mathe, Catharina ^a,c   Van Pottelbergh, Gijs ^a,c   Degryse, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953569651     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-39     Document Type: Article

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