Quality of life as a determinant of frailty phenotype in community-dwelling persons with Parkinson's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 590-592

  Roland, Kaitlyn P ^a   Jakobi, Jennifer M ^b   Powell, Colin ^c   Jones, Gareth R ^b  

^a Health and Exercise Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY FRAILTY INDEX SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE 39; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84858325040     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03862.x     Document Type: Letter

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