Sarcopenia Revisited

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 909-910

  Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GROWTH HORMONE; PRASTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0142031074     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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