Obesity

Exercise, Nutrition and the Older Woman: Wellness for Women over Fifty

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 343-370

  Bortz, Sharon ^a   Fiatarone Singh, Maria A ^b,c  

^a University of Sydney ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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