Frailty and Respiratory Impairment in Older Persons

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MedicineSpirometryConfidence intervalOdds ratioPhysical therapyInternal medicineGerontologyAsthma

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 125
Issue: 1
Pages: 79-86
Citations: 183
Access: Closed

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                                    Carlos A. Vaz Fragoso, 
                                
                                    Paul Enright, 
                                
                                    Gail McAvay
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            Frailty and Respiratory Impairment in Older Persons. 
                            The American Journal of Medicine
                            , 125
                            (1)
                            , 79-86.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.024
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.06.024