The importance of salt in the athlete's diet

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-240

  Valentine, Verle ^a  

^a Sanford Sports Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ATHLETE; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; HEAT CRAMP; HUMAN; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SODIUM INTAKE; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; SWEATING;

EXERCISE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; SODIUM, DIETARY; SPORTS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 34547802835     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0038-3     Document Type: Review

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