What do athletes drink during competitive sporting activities?

Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 539-564

  Garth, Alison K ^a   Burke, Louise M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BEVERAGE; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENDURANCE; HEAT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SPORT; SWEATING; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATHLETES; BEVERAGES; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; SWEATING; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84879626328     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-013-0028-y     Document Type: Review

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