Rates of free fatty acid appearance and fat oxidation in healthy younger and older men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 506-511

  Toth, Michael J ^c   Arciero, Paul J ^a   Gardner, Andrew W ^c   Calles Escandon, Jorge ^c   Poehlman, Eric T ^b  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

aging; body composition; fat metabolism

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; PALMITIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030027441     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.506     Document Type: Article

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