The Aging of Elite Male Athletes: Age-Related Changes in Performance and Skeletal Muscle Structure and Function

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine

• Publication date

  2008-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181845f1cPMID 19001883PMCID PMC3928819
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