Dietary fats and immune status in athletes: Clinical implications

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Venkatraman, Jaya T ^a   Leddy, John ^a   Pendergast, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Endurance; Fat oxidation; Gene expression; Infection; Inflammatory response; Lipoproteins; Lymphoid cell subsets; Neuroendocrine responses

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FAT; LIPOPROTEIN;

ATHLETE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; ENDURANCE; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOID CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

EID: 0033927764     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200007001-00003     Document Type: Review

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