Exercise and immune function: Effect of ageing and nutrition

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 733-742

  Pedersen, Bente Klarlund ^a   Bruunsgaard, Helle ^a   Jensen, Marianne ^a   Krzywkowski, Karen ^a   Ostrowski, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exercise; Immune function; Lymphocytes; Training

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOKINE; ELASTASE; FISH OIL; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LIPID;

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FITNESS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHILIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032705855     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665199000968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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