Frailty and Social Vulnerability

Interdisciplinary Topics in Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-195

  Andrew, Melissa K ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84973474092     PISSN: 22973508     EISSN: 22973486     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000381236     Document Type: Article

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