Can exercise training improve immune function in the aged?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 959, Issue , 2002, Pages 117-127

  Woods, Jeffrey A ^a   Lowder, Thomas W ^a   Keylock, K Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Exercise; Immune function; Physical activity; Training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OVEREXERTION; SITTING; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036234711     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02088.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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