Water intoxication: A possible complication during endurance exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 370-375

  Noakes, Timothy D ^a,b   Goodwin, Neil ^a,b   Rayner, Brian L ^a,b   Branken, Trevor ^a,b   Taylor, Robert K N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hyperhydration; Hyponatremia; Triathlon; Ultra marathon; Water intoxication

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; DRINKING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENDURANCE; ETIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PREVENTION; WATER INTOXICATION;

ADULT; DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SWEATING; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0021837913     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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