Sarcopenia, frailty and mortality: The evidence is growing

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 570-571

  Dodds, R M ^a,b   Sayer, A A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICULAR LEAN MASS; BELGIAN; BODY MASS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY;

FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; HUMANS; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84991383734     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw148     Document Type: Editorial

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