Exercise and hypoxia: Effects on leukocytes and interleukin-6 - Shared mechanisms?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2004-2012

  Pedersen, Bente Klarlund ^a,b   Steensberg, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytokines; High altitude; Immune system; Lymphocytes; Neutrophils; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL STRESS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0036898890     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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