Biochemical markers of possible immunodepression in military training in harsh environments

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-165

  Castell, Linda M ^a   Thake, C Douglas ^b   Ensign, Wayne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMINE; LEPTIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LEPTIN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77949406771     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00065     Document Type: Article

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