Frailty in Older Adults: A Nationally Representative Profile in the United States

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1427-1434

  Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a,b,c   Seplaki, Christopher L ^d   Huang, Jin ^b,c   Buta, Brian ^b,c   Kalyani, Rita R ^b,c   Varadhan, Ravi ^b,c   Xue, Qian Li ^b,c   Walston, Jeremy D ^b,c   Kasper, Judith D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health disparities; Public health

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946592850     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv133     Document Type: Article

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