A clinical definition of frailty: Usefulness of the multidimensional assessment;Verso una definizione clinica della fragilità: Utilità dell'approccio multidimensionale

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 125-129

  Pilotto, A ^a   Ferrucci, L ^b  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; Frailty; Multidimensional Prognostic Index

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING;

EID: 79960054405     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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