A comparison of plasma glutamine concentration in athletes from different sports

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1693-1696

  Hiscock, Natalie ^a   Mackinnon, Laurel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary protein; Immune function; Overreaching; Overtraining

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REST; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY PROTEINS; FASTING; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MALE; REST; RUNNING; SPORTS; SWIMMING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0032406890     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199812000-00006     Document Type: Article

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