Nutritional strategies and immune function

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Rossi, Stephen J ^a   Buford, Thomas W ^b   McMillan, Jim ^a   Kovacs, Mark S ^c   Marshall, A Elizabeth ^d  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c United States Tennis Association   (United States)

^d Nutritional Feats Nutrition Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hormesis; Overtraining; URTI

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651476553     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181fc5155     Document Type: Article

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