Immune functiom in female elite rowers and non-athletes

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 181-187

  Nieman, David C ^a   Nehlsen Cannarella, Sandra L ^b   Fagoaga, Omar R ^b   Henson, Dru A ^a   Shannon, Michael ^c   Hjertman, Jannica M E ^a   Schmitt, Robert L ^b   Bolton, Marc R ^a   Austin, Melanie D ^a   Schilling, Brian K ^a   Thorpe, Richard ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune system; Lymphocyte; Natural killer cell; Neutrophil; Phagocytosis; Rowing

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION RATE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; SPORT; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FITNESS; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERLEUKIN-6; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033625420     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.34.3.181     Document Type: Article

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