Influence of gender, menstrual phase, and oral contraceptive use on immunological changes in response to prolonged cycling

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 979-985

  Timmons, Brian W ^a   Hamadeh, Mazen J ^a   Devries, Michaela C ^a   Tarnopolsky, Mark A ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUTEAL PHASE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BICYCLING; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 24044481289     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00171.2005     Document Type: Article

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