Testosterone levels in athletes at rest and exhaustion: Effects of calcium supplementation

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Cinar, Vedat ^a   Baltaci, Abdulkerim Kasim ^a   Mogulkoc, Rasim ^a   Kilic, Mehmet ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Athletes; Calcium supplementation; Exercise; Free and total testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIUM GLUCONATE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REST; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67650508078     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8294-5     Document Type: Article

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