Altitude training and haemoglobin mass from the optimised carbon monoxide rebreathing method determined by a meta-Analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Gore, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Sharpe, Ken ^d   Garvican Lewis, Laura A ^a,c   Saunders, Philo U ^a,c   Humberstone, Clare E ^a   Robertson, Eileen Y ^e   Wachsmuth, Nadine B ^f   Clark, Sally A ^a   Mclean, Blake D ^g   Friedmann Bette, Birgit ^h   Neya, Mitsuo ⁱ   Pottgiesser, Torben ^j   Schumacher, Yorck O ^k   Schmidt, Walter F ^f  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e South Australian Sports Institute   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^g AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ Singapore Sports Council   (Singapore)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^k ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BREATHING; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL REVIEW;

ALTITUDE; STATISTICAL REVIEW;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84888633698     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092840     Document Type: Review

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