Effects of blood donation on the physical fitness and hemorheology of healthy elderly donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-11

  Janetzko, Karin ^a   Böcher, Regina ^a   Klotz, Karl F ^a   Kirchner, Holger ^a   Klüter, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WORK CAPACITY;

AGED; BLOOD DONORS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0031661277     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030951     Document Type: Article

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