A multidisciplinary systematic literature review on frailty: Overview of the methodology used by the Canadian Initiative on Frailty and Aging

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Over the past two decades, there has been a substantial growth in the body of literature on frailty in older persons. However, there is no consensus on its definition or the criteria used to identify frailty. In response to this lack...

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Main Authors: Bergman Howard, Wolfson Christina, Karunananthan Sathya, Béland François, Hogan David B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/9/68