Mucosal immunity and illness incidence in elite rugby union players across a season

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-397

  Cunniffe, Brian ^a,b   Griffiths, Hywel ^b   Proctor, Wayne ^b   Davies, Bruce ^a   Baker, Julien S ^a,c   Jones, Ken P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b WELSH RUGBY UNION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

athletes; immune function; Infection; monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952100586     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ef9d6b     Document Type: Article

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