The impact of long-haul air travel on variables of the athlete's biological passport

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 641-647

  Schumacher, Yorck Olaf ^a   Klodt, F ^a   Nonis, D ^a   Pottgiesser, T ^a   Alsayrafi, M ^b   Bourdon, P C ^c   Voss, S C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Anti Doping Lab Qatar   (Qatar)

^c ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Blood; Doping; Sports; Travel

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETE BIOLOGICAL PASSPORT; AVIATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCUMENTATION; DOPING; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID BALANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR TRAVEL; ATHLETES; BIOMARKERS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873309283     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2012.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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