Frailty: Enhancing the known knowns

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 574-575

  Hubbard, Ruth E ^a   Theou, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; FRAILTY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865559631     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs093     Document Type: Editorial

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