Effects of high altitude on substrate use and metabolic economy: Cause and effect?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1495-1500

  Braun, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Catecholamines; Exercise; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE; LIPID; OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WORKLOAD; ADAPTATION; ANOXIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 58149340283     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181729dd3     Document Type: Article

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