Frailty in older breast cancer survivors: Age, prevalence, and associated factors

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Bennett, Jill A ^a   Winters Stone, Kerri M ^a   Dobek, Jessica ^a   Nail, Lillian M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84876913971     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/13.ONF.E126-E134     Document Type: Article

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