Case proven: Exercise associated hyponatraemia is due to overdrinking. So why did it take 20 years before the original evidence was accepted?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 567-572

  Noakes, T D ^a   Speedy, D B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Sports Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABNORMALLY LOW SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANAMNESIS; ATHLETE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FLUID RETENTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEAT STROKE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; PHYSICIAN; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SWEATING; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; WATER;

EID: 33745873537     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.020354     Document Type: Review

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