An update on frailty diagnosis and management

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 196-205

  Deane, Andrew J B ^a   Jaafar, Ahmed F ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; frailty; intervention; research

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GROWTH HORMONE DERIVATIVE; IBUTAMOREN; PERINDOPRIL; PRASTERONE; RALOXIFENE; TESTOSTERONE; TIBOLONE; VITAMIN D;

AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MARKER; EDMONTON FRAIL SCALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; FRAILTY INSTRUMENT FOR PRIMARY CARE; GAIT; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84881093390     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259813000099     Document Type: Article

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