Anaemia and iron deficiency in athletes. Practical recommendations for treatment

Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 229-240

  Chatard, Jean Claude ^a,e   Mujika, Iñigo ^b   Guy, Claire ^c   Lacour, Jean René ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Ctr de Pharmacovigilance et de R   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e Laboratoire do Physiologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ANEMIA; ATHLETE; BLOOD GAS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATURIA; HEMODILUTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON INTAKE; IRON STORAGE; IRON THERAPY; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SWEATING; TRAINING;

EID: 0032893946     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199927040-00003     Document Type: Review

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