Ergogenic effects of sodium bicarbonate

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 230-236

  McNaughton, Lars R ^a   Siegler, Jason ^a   Midgley, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ATHLETE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXERCISE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMAN; PH; REVIEW; SPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SPORTS;

EID: 50349083182     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e31817ef530     Document Type: Review

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