Effect of intensive exercise in early adult life on telomere length in later life in men

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 239-245

  Laine, Merja K ^a   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,c,d,e   Kujala, Urho M ^f   Raj, Rahul ^d   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Bäckmand, Heli M ^d,g   Peltonen, Markku ^b   Sarna, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^g City of Vantaa   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Athlete; DNA repeats; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928997056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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