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. 2020 Jul;105(7):1060-1062.
doi: 10.1113/EP088395.

Unveiling women's powerhouse

Candela Diaz-Canestro  1 , David Montero  1   2   3
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Unveiling women's powerhouse

Candela Diaz-Canestro et al. Exp Physiol. 2020 Jul.
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Keywords: body size; fat oxidation; mitochondria; sex differences; substrate metabolism.

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