Cycling: To Race or to Live – Reflections on Skewed Priorities?

G. Lippi; F. Sanchis-Gomar; E. J. Favaloro

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1283202

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Int J Sports Med 2011; 32(08): 648-649
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1283202

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · NewYork

Cycling: To Race or to Live – Reflections on Skewed Priorities?

Autor*innen

G. Lippi

¹U.O. Diagnostica Ematochimica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Italy
F. Sanchis-Gomar

²Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, University of Valencia, Spain
E. J. Favaloro

³Department of Haematology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia

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