Exercise and the Environment: Focus on Altitude
Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportPublished 1 September 1996
Bengt Saltin
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(1996). Exercise and the Environment: Focus on Altitude. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport: Vol. 67, Selected papers from the International Pre-Olympic Scientific Congress, Dallas, Tx., July 1996, pp. S-1-S-10.
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