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Letter to the Editor| Volume 19, ISSUE 3, P273-275, March 2018

Fifteen Minutes Daily Brisk Walk May Be a New Best Target in Very Old Adults: Age Is Not an Excuse to Not Exercise

Published:February 02, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.12.097
Fifteen Minutes Daily Brisk Walk May Be a New Best Target in Very Old Adults: Age Is Not an Excuse to Not Exercise
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      Publication history

      Published online: February 02, 2018

      Footnotes

      The PROOF study is allowed through 3 grants from the French Ministry of Health (Programmes Hospitaliers de Recherche Clinique: PHRC National PROOF 1998; PHRC National SYNAPSE 2002; PHRC Regional Telamons 2003).

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.12.097

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