Four screening instruments for frailty in older patients with and without cancer: A diagnostic study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Smets, Ineke Hgj ^a   Kempen, Gertrudis Ijm ^b   Janssen Heijnen, Maryska Lg ^a,c   Deckx, Laura ^d   Buntinx, Frank Jvm ^b,d   Van Den Akker, Marjan ^b,d  

^a VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Frailty; Geriatric assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897642504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-26     Document Type: Article

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