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Volume 8 (2008) - October 2008

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Frailty Intervention Trial (FIT)

Nicola Fairhall, Christina Aggar, Susan E Kurrle, Catherine Sherrington, Stephen Lord, Keri Lockwood, Noeline Monaghan, Ian D Cameron BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8:27 (13 October 2008)

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Do the malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) and Birmingham nutrition risk (BNR) score predict mortality in older hospitalised patients?

Sarah Henderson, Nicola Moore, Emma Lee, Miles D Witham BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8:26 (10 October 2008)

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Effectiveness of a mobile smoking cessation service in reaching elderly smokers and predictors of quitting

Abu Abdullah, Tai-Hing Lam, Steve KK Chan, Gabriel M Leung, Iris Chi, Winnie WN Ho, Sophia SC Chan BMC Geriatrics 2008, 8:25 (6 October 2008)

Abstract | Full text | PDF | PubMed |  Editor’s summary

Mobile smoking cessation programmes are cost effective in helping the elderly quit and could provide a model for successful programmes in other groups of people who are difficult to access.