The frailty syndrome in general practitioner care. A pilot study;Das frailty-syndrom in der hausärztlichen praxis. Eine pilotstudie

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-54

  Drey, M ^a   Wehr, H ^a   Wehr, G ^a   Uter, W ^a   Lang, F ^a   Rupprecht, R ^a   Sieber, C C ^a   Bauer, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Fried criteria; General practitioners; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME;

EID: 79952250186     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-010-0136-3     Document Type: Article

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