Exercise at Altitude

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 31-34

  Drust, b ^a   Waterhouse, j ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; altitude; benefits; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SPORT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMBIENT AIR; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HYPOBARISM; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEA LEVEL; SPORTING EVENT; SPORTS SCIENCE; TEAM SPORT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SPORTS;

EID: 77954790287     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: 20456441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmsmj.55.2.31     Document Type: Article

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