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The role of frailty and functional impairment in healthy aging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2021

Simone Reppermund*
Affiliation:
Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Abstract

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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