Maximal and submaximal exercise performance at altitude

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 793-801

  Fulco, Charles S ^a   Rock, Paul B ^a   Cymerman, Allen ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS;

EID: 0031904847     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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