Acute effects of exercise at low altitude (350 meters below sea level) on hormones of the anterior pituitary and cortisol in athletes

Endocrine Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-298

  Bashir, N ^a,b   El Migdadi, F ^b   Hasan, Z ^b   Al Hader, A A ^b   Wezermes, I ^c   Gharaibeh, M ^b  

^a AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOBARISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

EID: 0029759182     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07435809609030513     Document Type: Article

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