Frailty

Geriatrics for Specialists

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 3-12

  Walston, Jeremy D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Frailty; Frailty index; Physical frailty; Risk assessment; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018876516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-31831-8_1     Document Type: Chapter

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