Abstract

Using frailty as the criterion to select older persons at risk for interventions may be better than selecting persons based only on their chronological age.

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Psychological interventionGerontologyGeriatricsMedicineSuccessful agingOlder peopleDemographyPsychologyPsychiatry

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Year
2004
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article
Volume
59
Issue
9
Pages
M962-M965
Citations
486
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Hanneke Schuurmans, Nardi Steverink, Siegwart Lindenberg et al. (2004). Old or Frail: What Tells Us More?. The Journals of Gerontology Series A , 59 (9) , M962-M965. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/59.9.m962

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10.1093/gerona/59.9.m962