Sodium supplementation is not required to maintain serum sodium concentrations during an Ironman triathlon

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-259

  Hew Butler, T D ^a   Sharwood, K ^a   Collins, M ^a   Speedy, D ^b   Noakes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SUPPLEMENTATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SOUTH AFRICA; SWIMMING;

EID: 33644902352     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.022418     Document Type: Article

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