Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 673-675 , November 2009

Hemoglobin mass after 21 days of conventional altitude training at 1816m

Received 18 January 2008 ,Revised 4 June 2008 ,Accepted 6 June 2008.

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PII: S1440-2440(08)00116-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.06.005

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 12, Issue 6 , Pages 673-675 , November 2009