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Normobaric hypoxia and sports: the debate continues

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  1. U.O. di Diagnostica Ematochimica, Dipartimento di Patologia e Medicina di Laboratorio, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43126, Parma, Italy

    Giuseppe Lippi

  2. Servizio di Immunoematologia e Trasfusione, Dipartimento di Patologia e Medicina di Laboratorio, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy

    Massimo Franchini

  3. IRCCS Galeazzi, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Giuseppe Banfi

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Lippi, G., Franchini, M. & Banfi, G. Normobaric hypoxia and sports: the debate continues. Eur J Appl Physiol 111, 159–160 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-010-1630-4

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