A reliable measure of frailty for a community dwelling older population
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Frailty remains an elusive concept despite many efforts to define and measure it. The difficulty in translating the clinical profile of frail elderly people into a quantifiable assessment tool is due to the complex and heterogeneous...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-10-01
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Series: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
Online Access: | http://www.hqlo.com/content/8/1/123 |