Blood chemistry and immune cell changes during 1 week of intensive firefighting training

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 725-729

  Smith, D L ^a   Dyer, K ^b   Petruzzello, S J ^c  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Carle Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood chemistry; Immune cell count; Leukocytosis; Live fire training; Physical stressors

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FIRE FIGHTER; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRAINING;

EID: 4744369922     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.08.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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