Aerobic exercise in the elderly: A key to successful aging

Discovery Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 70, 2012, Pages 223-228

  Fleg, Jerome L ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE DENSITY; DEPRESSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866781578     PISSN: 15396509     EISSN: 19447930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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