Physical frailty as a clinical marker of biological age and aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 837-838

  Vidal, Edison I O ^a   Mayoral, Vania F S ^a   Villas Boas, Paulo J F ^a   Jacinto, Alessandro F ^a   Fukushima, Fernanda B ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FREE RADICAL; TELOMERASE; PROTEIN;

AGE; AGING; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; DETERIORATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MEDITATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL FRAILTY; POPULATION; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84928401128     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13356     Document Type: Letter

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