Immunoendocrine responses over a three week international rugby union series

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-338

  Cunniffe, B ^a,b   Hore, A J ^b   Whitcombe, D M ^a   Jones, K P ^c   Davies, B ^a   Baker, J S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b WELSH RUGBY UNION   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Hormones; Sports; Stress

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052472162     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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