Hemoglobin levels and athletic performance in elite speed skaters during the olympic season 2006

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Kuipers, Harm ^a,b   Moran, Jane ^b   Mitchell, David W ^b   Shobe, Joel ^b   Dubravcic Simunjak, Sanda ^b   Sakai, Hiroya ^b   Ambartsumov, Ruben ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b International Skating Union   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood testing; Hb distribution; Hemoglobin level; Sport performance

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX FACTORS; SKATING;

EID: 34247112391     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31803bf65b     Document Type: Article

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