How fast do we age? Exercise performance over time as a biomarker

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1996, Pages

  Bortz, Walter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TIME; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030417320     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/51A.5.M223     Document Type: Article

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