White blood cell counts in elite triathletes over four consecutive seasons

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-894

  Díaz, Víctor ^d   Montalvo, Zigor ^a,b   Banfi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Department of Physiotherapy   (Spain)

^b Department of Sport and Health   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPORT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEASONS; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958744409     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1701-6     Document Type: Letter

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