Protein and healthy aging

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1339S-1345S

  Paddon Jones, Douglas ^a   Campbell, Wayne W ^b   Jacques, Paul F ^c   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^d   Moore, Lynn L ^e   Rodriguez, Nancy R ^f   Van Loon, Luc J C ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary requirements; Muscle; Nutrition; Protein; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEAL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN QUALITY; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84930457306     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.084061     Document Type: Article

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