Correlation between frailty level and adverse health-related outcomes of community-dwelling elderly, one year retrospective study

Korean Journal of Family Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 249-256

  Shim, Eun Young ^a   Ma, Seung Hyun ^a   Hong, Sun Hyoung ^a   Lee, Yun Sang ^a   Paik, Woo Youl ^a   Seo, Deok Seoung ^a   Yoo, Eun Young ^a   Kim, Mee Young ^a   Yoon, Jong Lull ^a  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes retrospective study; Elderly; Frailty

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053555802     PISSN: 20056443     EISSN: 20926715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.4.249     Document Type: Article

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