Current limitations of the Athlete's Biological Passport use in sports

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1413-1415

  Sanchis Gomar, Fabian ^a   Martinez Bello, Vladimir E ^a   Gomez Cabrera, Mari Carmen ^a   Viña, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical variability; Blood variables; Endurance exercise; Hematocrit; Hemoglobin; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETICULOCYTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT;

ATHLETES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052831116     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.609     Document Type: Article

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