The Influence of Brief Periods of Strenuous Exercise on the Blood Platelet Count

21 January 1949

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 109 (2821), 64-65
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.109.2821.64

Abstract

The effect of specifically defined grade of exercise on the blood platelet count of a human subject revealed no increase in count despite increase in leucocyte count. This may be interpreted as evidence against appreciable storage of platelets.

Keywords

BLOOD/PLATELETS
EXERCISE/EFFECTS

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The Lancet, 1947
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THE EFFECT OF EXERCISE ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORPUSCLES IN THE BLOOD STREAM
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