Frailty and disability in the elderly: A diagnostic dilemma

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Polidoro, A ^a   Dornbusch, T ^a   Vestri, A ^a   Di Bona, S ^a   Alessandri, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disability of aged; Frailty of elderly; Gender differences of disability in aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79551608266     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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