Muscle quality and age: Cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Metter, E Jeffrey ^a   Lynch, Nicole ^a,c   Conwit, Robin ^b   Lindle, Rosemary ^a,c   Tobin, Jordan ^a   Hurley, Ben ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 6544274851     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/54.5.B207     Document Type: Article

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