The influence of intermittent altitude exposure to 4100 m on exercise capacity and blood variables

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 182-187

  Lundby, C ^a   Nielsen, T K ^a   Dela, F ^b   Damsgaard, R ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

EPO; Hypoxia; Performance

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RETICULOCYTE; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EXERCISE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE;

EID: 19744373195     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2004.405.x     Document Type: Article

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