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Published on: March 15, 2019

Heat stress increases muscle glycogen use but reduces the oxidation of ingested carbohydrates during exercise

Roy L P G Jentjens1, Anton J M Wagenmakers, Asker E Jeukendrup

  • 1Human Performance Laboratory, School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom.

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
|March 16, 2002
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