Frailty and respiratory impairment in older persons

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Vaz Fragoso, Carlos A ^a,b   Enright, Paul L ^c   McAvay, Gail ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   Gill, Thomas M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Frailty; Respiratory impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SPIROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84455178877     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.024     Document Type: Article

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