Upper-body strength and breast cancer: a comparison of the effects of age and disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Satariano, William A ^a   Ragland, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0030391321     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.5.M215     Document Type: Article

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