Growth hormone 1 (GH1) gene and performance and post-race rectal temperature during the South African Ironman triathlon

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-150

  Walpole, B ^b   Noakes, T D ^b   Collins, M ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DNA; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDURANCE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; GH1 GENE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; ALLELES; BICYCLING; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 33644843882     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.020669     Document Type: Article

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