Dangerous curves: A perspective on exercise, lactate, and the anaerobic threshold

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 787-795

  Myers, Jonathan ^a   Ashley, Euan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG VENTILATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030939027     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.787     Document Type: Article

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