Effects of physical activity in telomere length: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-80

  Mundstock, Eduardo ^a   Zatti, Helen ^a   Louzada, Fernanda Mattos ^a   Oliveira, Suelen Goecks ^a   Guma, Fátima T C R ^b   Paris, Mariana Migliorini ^b   Rueda, Angélica Barba ^a   Machado, Denise Greff ^a   Stein, Renato T ^a   Jones, Marcus Herbert ^a   Sarria, Edgar E ^c   Barbé Tuana, Florencia M ^b   Mattiello, Rita ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Physical activity; Physical exercise; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; EMBASE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOPUS; SENSIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WEB OF SCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TELOMERE;

SCOPUS;

HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84929470146     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2015.02.004     Document Type: Review

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