Frailty: The quest for new domains, clinical definitions and subtypes. Is this justified on new evidence emerging?

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-94

  Rodríguez Mañas, Leocadio ^a   Sinclair, A J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABLED PERSONS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84893843694     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0433-9     Document Type: Note

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