Racial differences in muscle strength in disabled older women

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1998, Pages

  Rantanen, Taina ^a   Guralnik, Jack M ^a   Leveille, Suzanne ^a   Izmirlian, Grant ^a   Hirsch, Rosemarie ^a   Simonsick, Eleanor ^a   Ling, Shari ^b   Fried, Linda P ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032407526     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.5.B355     Document Type: Article

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