Health risk for athletes at moderate altitude and normobaric hypoxia

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 828-832

  Schommer, Kai ^a   Menold, Elmar ^a   Subudhi, Andrew W ^b   Bärtsch, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SPORT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SPORTS;

EID: 84865432400     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091270     Document Type: Review

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