Natural killer cell activity following 6 weeks of strength training in healthy young males with/without testosterone enanthate administration

Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-114

  Marshall Gradisnik, Sonya ^a,b   Weatherby, Robert P ^a   Deakin, Glen B ^a,c   Coutts, Rosanne A ^a   Meir, Rudi ^a   Connellan, Paul ^a   Stevenson, Lesley M ^a,d   Rogerson, Shane ^a   Zhou, Shi ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroid; Immune function; Testosterone enanthate

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149125445     PISSN: 1728869X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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