Variability in sustained attention and risk of frailty

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2390-2392

  O'Halloran, Aisling M ^a,b   Pénard, Nils ^b   Galli, Alessandra ^b   Fan, Chie Wei ^a   Robertson, Ian H ^b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LETTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84055218587     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03706.x     Document Type: Letter

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