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It is not hypoxia itself, but how you use it

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  1. Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibañez 15, 46010, Valencia, Spain

    Fabian Sanchis-Gomar, Vladimir E. Martinez-Bello, Mari Carmen Gomez-Cabrera & Jose Viña

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Sanchis-Gomar, F., Martinez-Bello, V.E., Gomez-Cabrera, M.C. et al. It is not hypoxia itself, but how you use it. Eur J Appl Physiol 109, 355–356 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-009-1347-4

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