Peak blood lactate and blood lactate vs. workload during acclimatization to 5,050 m and in deacclimatization

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 685-692

  Grassi, Bruno ^a   Marzorati, Mauro ^b   Kayser, Bengt ^b   Bordini, Marco ^b   Colombini, Angelo ^b   Conti, Marco ^b   Marconi, Claudio ^b   Cerretelli, Paolo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

chronic hypoxia; lactate paradox; lactic capacity

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030022824     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.2.685     Document Type: Article

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