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. 2009 May 15:1–14. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-443-10118-2.50005-3

Exercise and infection risk

Nicolette C Bishop; Edited by1
Editor: Michael Gleeson1
PMCID: PMC7155701

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Further reading

  1. Nieman DC. Is infection risk linked to exercise workload? Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 2000;32(7 suppl):S406–S411. doi: 10.1097/00005768-200007001-00005. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Shephard RJ, Shek PN. Exercise, immunity and susceptibility to infection: a J-shaped relationship? Physician and Sportsmedicine. 1999;27:47–71. doi: 10.3810/psm.1999.06.873. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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