Altitude exposure in sports: The Athlete Biological Passport standpoint

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-193

  Sanchis Gomar, Fabian ^a,b   Pareja Galeano, Helios ^a,b   Brioche, Thomas ^a,b,c   Martinez Bello, Vladimir ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Universitario IVI INCLIVA   (Spain)

^c UFR APS   (France)

^d Academic Hospital of Parma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood doping; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin; Hypoxia exposure; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL VARIABLES; BLOOD DOPING; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; DETECTION MODELS; HAEMATOCRIT; HAEMOGLOBINS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HYPOXIA EXPOSURE; RETICULOCYTE;

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETE BIOLOGICAL PASSPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; TRAINING;

BLOOD DOPING; HAEMATOCRIT; HAEMOGLOBIN; HYPOXIA EXPOSURE; RETICULOCYTES;

ALTITUDE; ATHLETES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; RETICULOCYTES; SOFTWARE; SPORTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 84896401335     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1539     Document Type: Article

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