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Immediate exercise hyperemia in humans is contraction intensity dependent: evidence for rapid vasodilation

M E Tschakovsky1, A M Rogers, K E Pyke

  • 1Department of Physiology, Human Vascular Control Laboratory, School of Physical and Health Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6. mt29@post.queensu.ca

Journal of Applied Physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
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