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Association between Frailty, Osteoporosis, Falls and Hip Fractures among Community-Dwelling People Aged 50 Years and Older in Taiwan: Results from I-Lan Longitudinal Aging Study

BACKGROUND: Association of frailty with adverse clinical outcomes has been reported in Western countries, but data from the Asian population are scarce. This study aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of frailty among community-dwelling middle-aged and elderly population and to explore its association...

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Autores principales: Liu, Li-Kuo, Lee, Wei-Ju, Chen, Liang-Yu, Hwang, An-Chun, Lin, Ming-Hsien, Peng, Li-Ning, Chen, Liang-Kung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26348034
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136968