Short-term hematological effects upon completion of a four-week simulated altitude camp

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-83

  Pottgiesser, Torben ^a   Garvican, Laura A ^b,c   Martin, David T ^b   Featonby, Jesse M ^b   Gore, Christopher J ^b,c   Schumacher, Yorck O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erythropoiesis; Erythropoietin; Hemoglobin; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859467416     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.1.79     Document Type: Article

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