Successful ageing in Singapore

Geriatrics (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Rogerson, Andrew ^a   Stacey, Simon ^a  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Frailty; Frailty screening; Gerontology; Positive ageing; Singapore; Successful ageing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85078683116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23083417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/geriatrics3040081     Document Type: Review

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