Seasonal and spatial considerations in assessing home environment characteristics, indoor dust microbiota and frailty.
Seasonal variation and indoor environmental factors play important roles in shaping frailty risk among old adults. A recent study conducted by Yin et al. (Association between home environment characteristics, indoor dust microbiota and frailty among community-dwelling older adult couples. Age Ageing...
| Publicado en: | Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 4 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Feb2026
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