Using prefrailty to detect early disability

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 140-144

  Acosta Benito, Miguel A ^a   Sevilla Machuca, Ignacio ^a  

^a Los Angeles Primary Care Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disability; elderly; frailty; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018471629     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.189106     Document Type: Article

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