Interventions for frailty and sarcopenia in community-dwelling elderly women

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 726-730

  Kim, Hunkyung ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid supplementation; Exercise; Frailty; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009577505     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.49.726     Document Type: Article

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