Hormonal responses to a 160-km race across frozen Alaska

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 116-120

  Kraemer, W J ^a   Fragala, M S ^a   Watson, G ^a   Volek, J S ^a   Rubin, M R ^a   French, D N ^a   Maresh, C M ^a   Vingren, J L ^a   Hatfield, D L ^a   Spiering, B A ^a   Yu Ho, J ^a   Hughes, S L ^b   Case, H S ^b   Stuempfle, K J ^c   Lehmann, D R ^d   Bailey, S ^e   Evans, D S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Sitka Medical Center   (United States)

^e ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CYCLING; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; BICYCLING; COLD; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RUNNING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 39449127128     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.035535     Document Type: Article

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