Can Increasing Physical Activity Prevent Aging-related Loss of Skeletal Muscle?

Overview

Journal Am J Clin Nutr

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 2021 Sep 3

PMID 34476475

Authors

Steven B Heymsfield

Nicole Fearnbach

Affiliations

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