Winter swimming: Healthy or hazardous? Evidence and hypotheses

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 654-656

  Kolettis, T M ^a   Kolettis, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; COLD TOLERANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; WATER IMMERSION; WINTER;

EID: 0242467472     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00270-6     Document Type: Article

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