Transitions between frailty states − a European comparison

Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-185

  Borrat Besson, Carmen ^a   Ryser, Valérie Anne ^a   Wernli, Boris ^a  

^a Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences   (Switzerland)

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