Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 156820, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/156820
Research Article

Effect of Resistance Training on Hematological Blood Markers in Older Men and Women: A Pilot Study

Florian Bobeuf,1,2 Mélissa Labonté,1,2 Abdelouahed Khalil,1,3 and Isabelle J. Dionne1,2

1Research Centre on Aging, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 4C4, Canada
2Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada
3Department of Medicine, Service of Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada

Received 5 May 2009; Revised 28 July 2009; Accepted 24 September 2009

Academic Editor: Jacek Witkowski

Copyright © 2009 Florian Bobeuf et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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