The metabolic equivalent: Reevaluating what we know about the MET

ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 43-46

  Dejong, Adam ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77954339061     PISSN: 10915397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/FIT.0b013e3181e438f9     Document Type: Article

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