Testosterone, cortisol and anxiety in elite field hockey players

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-42

  Aguilar, Raúl ^a   Jiménez, Manuel ^b   Alvero Cruz, José R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE LA RIOJA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Dominance motivation; Lactate; Testosterone; Winner loser effect

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; HOCKEY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84879431906     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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