Screening methods for geriatric frailty

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mathoulin Pélissier, Simone ^a,b,c   Bellera, Carine ^a,b   Rainfray, Muriel ^c,d   Soubeyran, Pierre ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^b Centre of Clinical Investigation Clinical Epidemiology   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC);

FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871833633     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70554-5     Document Type: Letter

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