An alternative method for Frailty Index cut-off points to define frailty categories

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 299-303

  Romero Ortuno, R ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RETIREMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84893664280     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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