Issues concerning sarcopenia in ageing adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 343-344

  Cruz jentoft, A J ^a   Boirie, Y ^a   Cederholm, T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FAT FREE MASS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE;

AGING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84925302409     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afu208     Document Type: Letter

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