Fatigue in older populations

Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 43-63

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Research for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aging; disability; fatigability; fatigue; frailty; functional limitations

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEOPTERIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DYSTHYMIA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FATIGUE IMPACT SCALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84901923991     PISSN: 21641846     EISSN: 21641862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2012.746200     Document Type: Article

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