Size matters: Spleen and lung volumes predict performance in human apneic divers

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 JUN, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schagatay, Erika ^a   Richardson, Matt X ^a   Lodin Sundström, Angelica ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breath hold; Diving capacity; Diving response; Hematocrit; Mammalian; Spleen contraction; Training; Vital capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866367851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00173     Document Type: Article

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