Point: The lactate paradox does/does not occur during exercise at high altitude

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2398-2402

  West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; EXERCISE; GLYCOLYSIS; HYPOXEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 34249072139     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00039.2007     Document Type: Review

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