Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale

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  2006

• Venue

  Age and Ageing

• Publication date

  2006-06-06

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1093/ageing/afl041PMID 16757522PMCID 5955195
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