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Effects of exercise training in the elderly: impact of progressive-resistance training on skeletal muscle and whole-body protein metabolism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Roger A Fielding
Roger A Fielding
Affiliation:
Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, and Human Physiology Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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Symposium on ‘Nutrition for the elderly’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , November 1995 , pp. 665 - 675
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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