Reply to Noble, Hernandez, Mitchell, and Janssen

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 940-941

  LaPrad, Adam S ^a   Szabo, Thomas L ^a   Suki, Béla ^a   Lutchen, Kenneth R ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

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EID: 77957105216     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00688.2010     Document Type: Letter

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