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. 2005 Apr;39(4):190–195. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.013037

A review of the stroke volume response to upright exercise in healthy subjects

C Vella 1, R Robergs 1
PMCID: PMC1725174  PMID: 15793084

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