Challenging beliefs: ex Africa semper aliquid novi

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 571-590

  Noakes, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANAEROBIOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE; LACTATE; MITOCHONDRIA; POPPER; SCIENTIFIC METHODS; V O(2max)

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCIENCE; TRAINING; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; ENDURANCE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANOXIA; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0030969413     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199705000-00001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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