Strenuous endurance exercise: Is more better for everyone? Our genes won't tell us

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-164

  La Gerche, André ^a,b,c   Prior, David L ^a   Heidbüchel, Hein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 79951956118     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.081141     Document Type: Editorial

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