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Comment
. 2014 Feb;15(2):142-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.011.

Response to the letter to the editor: "Frailty consensus: a call to action"

W M Cameron Chumlea  1
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Comment

Response to the letter to the editor: "Frailty consensus: a call to action"

W M Cameron Chumlea. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014 Feb.
No abstract available

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Comment on

  • Frailty consensus: a call to action.
    Morley JE, Vellas B, van Kan GA, Anker SD, Bauer JM, Bernabei R, Cesari M, Chumlea WC, Doehner W, Evans J, Fried LP, Guralnik JM, Katz PR, Malmstrom TK, McCarter RJ, Gutierrez Robledo LM, Rockwood K, von Haehling S, Vandewoude MF, Walston J. Morley JE, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013 Jun;14(6):392-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.03.022. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2013. PMID: 23764209 Free PMC article.
  • What is missing in the validation of frailty instruments?
    Xue QL, Varadhan R. Xue QL, et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014 Feb;15(2):141-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.11.007. Epub 2014 Jan 7. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2014. PMID: 24405640 No abstract available.

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