Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 281-286 , March 2010

The effects of omega-3 supplementation on pulmonary function of young wrestlers during intensive training

  • Bakhtiar Tartibian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Urmia University, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Behzad Hajizadeh Maleki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Urmia University, Iran
    • Tel.: +98 9141778251.
    • ,
  • Asghar Abbasi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine (IKET), University of Tuebingen, Germany
    • Institute of Sport Science, University of Tuebingen, Germany
    • Tel.: +49 70712981658.

Received 7 August 2008 ,Revised 2 December 2008 ,Accepted 24 December 2008.

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PII: S1440-2440(09)00099-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.12.634

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 281-286 , March 2010

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