Sarcopenia: Current concepts

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2000, Pages

  Roubenoff, R ^a   Hughes, V A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034471472     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.12.M716     Document Type: Review

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