Exercising in environmental extremes: A greater threat to immune function?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 941-976

  Walsh, Neil P ^a   Whitham, Martin ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; COLD STRESS; EXERCISE; FEVER; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NEUTROPHIL; REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ALTITUDE; COLD; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM;

EID: 33750938709     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 01121642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636110-00003     Document Type: Review

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