Hematocrits of triathletes: Is monitoring useful?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 372-377

  O'Toole, Mary L ^a   Douglas, Pamela S ^b   Hiller, W Douglas B ^b   Laird, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Athlete safety; Blood doping; Doping control; Endurance athletes; Erythropoietin

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0032977067     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199903000-00004     Document Type: Article

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