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A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people
Kenneth Rockwood, Xiaowei Song, Chris MacKnight, Howard Bergman, David B. Hogan, Ian McDowell and Arnold Mitnitski
CMAJ August 30, 2005 173 (5) 489-495; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050051
Kenneth Rockwood
Xiaowei Song
Chris MacKnight
Howard Bergman
David B. Hogan
Ian McDowell
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vol. 173 no. 5 489-495
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- Published online August 29, 2005.
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- Kenneth Rockwood,
- Xiaowei Song,
- Chris MacKnight,
- Howard Bergman,
- David B. Hogan,
- Ian McDowell,
- Arnold Mitnitski
- From the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Rockwood, Song, MacKnight, Mitnitski); the Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Que. (Bergman); the Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. (Hogan); and the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (McDowell)
- Correspondence to:
Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, 1421—5955 Veterans' Memorial Lane, Halifax NS B3H 2E1; fax 902 473-1050; kenneth.rockwood{at}dal.ca
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Kenneth Rockwood, Xiaowei Song, Chris MacKnight, Howard Bergman, David B. Hogan, Ian McDowell, Arnold Mitnitski
CMAJ Aug 2005, 173 (5) 489-495; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.050051
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