Frailty and cognition: Linking two common syndromes in older persons

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 723-725

  Malmstrom, T K ^a   Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; THIOCTIC ACID;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE FRAILTY; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHORIA; EARTHQUAKE; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; ENDURANCE; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; INCOME; LETHARGY; LIFE EVENT; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RAPID COGNITIVE SCREEN; RISK FACTOR; SADNESS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; SYNDROME; TRAVEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84888004318     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0395-y     Document Type: Editorial

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