Statistical analysis of fiber area in human skeletal muscle

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-422

  McGuigan, Michael R M ^a   Kraemer, William J ^b   Deschenes, Michael R ^c   Gordon, Scott E ^d   Kitaura, Takashi ^e   Scheett, Timothy P ^b   Sharman, Matthew J ^b   Staron, Robert S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Cross sectional area; Fiber type; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; SAMPLE SIZE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0036690309     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h02-022     Document Type: Article

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