Abnormal hematologic profiles in elite cross-country skiers: Blood doping or?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 132-137

  Stray Gundersen, James ^a   Videman, Tapio ^a   Penttilä, Ilkka ^b   Lereim, Inggard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood doping; Cross country skiing; Endurance sport; Hemoglobin; Reticulocyte hemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; DOPING; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; SCREENING TEST; SKIING;

EID: 0038561077     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200305000-00002     Document Type: Article

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