Acute polycythemia and human performance during exercise and exposure to extreme environments

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 265-293

  Sawka, Michael N ^a   Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXERCISE; HEAT; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STRESS; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; STRESS;

ALTITUDE; EFFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXERCISE; HEAT; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POLYCYTHEMIA; STRESS;

EID: 0024388546     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: 15383008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00003677-198900170-00011     Document Type: Article

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