Frailty and its associated factors in an elderly Taiwanese metropolitan population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-294

  Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a,b   Li, Chia Ing ^a,b   Meng, Nai Hsin ^a,b   Lin, Wen Yuan ^a,b   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a,b   Lin, Chih Hsueh ^a,b   Chang, Chiu Kai ^a   Lee, Yih Dar ^c,d   Lee, Cheng Chun ^a,b   Li, Tsai Chung ^e,f  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; TAIWAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84873969449     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12103     Document Type: Letter

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