TY - JOUR AU - Santos-Eggimann, Brigitte AU - Sirven, Nicolas PY - 2016 DA - 2016/08/22 TI - Screening for frailty: older populations and older individuals JO - Public Health Reviews SP - 7 VL - 37 IS - 1 AB - The concept of frailty as a health dimension in old age is recent and has its origin in the development of geriatric medicine. Initially an unformulated clinical intuition, it is now defined by a diminished physiological reserve of multiple organs that exposes older individuals to increased vulnerability to stressors and a higher risk of adverse outcomes. SN - 2107-6952 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-016-0021-8 DO - 10.1186/s40985-016-0021-8 ID - Santos-Eggimann2016 ER -