Iron status is associated with endurance performance and training in female rowers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1552-1559

  Dellavalle, Diane M ^a   Haas, Jere D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

energetic efficiency; female athletes; Iron depletion; physical performance; serum ferritin; V O2peak

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863987498     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182517ceb     Document Type: Article

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