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Editorial

. 2005 Dec;53(12):2229-30.

doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00510.x.

Just what defines frailty?

Alfred L Fisher

PMID: 16398915
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00510.x

Editorial

Just what defines frailty?

Alfred L Fisher. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Dec.

. 2005 Dec;53(12):2229-30.

doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00510.x.

Author

Alfred L Fisher

PMID: 16398915
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00510.x

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Relative fitness and frailty of elderly men and women in developed countries and their relationship with mortality.
Mitnitski A, Song X, Skoog I, Broe GA, Cox JL, Grunfeld E, Rockwood K. Mitnitski A, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Dec;53(12):2184-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00506.x. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005. PMID: 16398907

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