Influence of endurance exercise on the risk of pneumonia and fever in leukemia and lymphoma patients undergoing high dose chemotherapy. A pilot study

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 638-642

  Baumann, Freerk T ^a   Zimmer, Philipp ^a   Finkenberg, Karen ^a   Hallek, Michael ^b   Bloch, Wilhelm ^a   Elter, Thomas ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Exercise; Fever; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870779553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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