Effects of gender on exercise-induced growth hormone release

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1154-1162

  Wideman, Laurie ^a   Weltman, Judy Y ^a   Shah, Niki ^a   Story, Shannon ^a   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a   Weltman, Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deconvolution analysis; Endocrinology; Human; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032836099     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.3.1154     Document Type: Article

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