Too much of a good thing? The danger of water intoxication in endurance sports

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 528, 2006, Pages 542-545

  Whitfield, Angus H N ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; SODIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COLLAPSE; COMPETITION; CONFUSION; CORE TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MARATHON RUNNER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SPORTS DRINK; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER INTOXICATION; WATER METABOLISM; WEIGHT GAIN;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; WATER INTOXICATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 33745630663     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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