A novel, population-specific approach to define frailty

Age

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-395

  Montesanto, Alberto ^a   Lagani, Vincenzo ^a,d   Martino, Cinzia ^a   Dato, Serena ^a,c   De Rango, Francesco ^a   Berardelli, Maurizio ^a   Corsonello, Andrea ^b   Mazzei, Bruno ^b   Mari, Vincenzo ^b   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^b   Conforti, Domenico ^a   Passarino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty; Homeostatic capacities; Physical decline

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CODING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77956182854     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-010-9136-x     Document Type: Article

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