Measuring Frailty in Health Care Databases for Clinical Care and Research
Dae Hyun Kim
Ann Geriatr Med Res. 2020;24(2):62-74.   Published online 2020 Apr 3     DOI: https://doi.org/10.4235/agmr.20.0002
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