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Overview

Bengt Saltin was affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark during their academic career. The scientist's work and research contributions were primarily connected to this institution, reflecting an engagement in scholarly activities in that setting.

There is no recorded data on recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or book publications attributed to Bengt Saltin in the provided information. Similarly, no specific fields of study, subfields, or main research topics are listed in the source data.

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Bengt Saltin is noted as deceased, indicating that their research activities are part of the historical academic record rather than ongoing work.

Best Publications

  • Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases

    B. K. Pedersen;B. Saltin

  • Diet, Muscle Glycogen and Physical Performance

    Jonas Bergström;Lars Hermansen;Eric Hultman;Bengt Saltin

  • Evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in chronic disease.

    B. K. Pedersen;B. Saltin

  • Response to exercise after bed rest and after training

    B. Saltin;G. Blomqvist;J. H. Mitchell;R. L. Johnson

  • Maximal perfusion of skeletal muscle in man.

    Per Andersen;Bengt Saltin

  • Physiological Analysis of Middle-Aged and Old Former Athletes Comparison with Still Active Athletes of the Same Ages

    Bengt Saltin;Gunnar Grimby

  • Skeletal Muscle Adaptability: Significance for Metabolism and Performance

    Bengt Saltin;Philip D. Gollnick

  • Enzyme activity and fiber composition in skeletal muscle of untrained and trained men.

    P D Gollnick;R B Armstrong;th C W Saubert;K Piehl

  • Maximal oxygen uptake in athletes

    B Saltin;P O Astrand

  • Production of interleukin‐6 in contracting human skeletal muscles can account for the exercise‐induced increase in plasma interleukin‐6

    Adam Steensberg;Gerrit van Hall;Takuya Osada;Massimo Sacchetti

  • Exercise induces transient transcriptional activation of the PGC-1α gene in human skeletal muscle

    Henriette Pilegaard;Bengt Saltin;P. Darrell Neufer

  • Skeletal muscle enzymes and fiber composition in male and female track athletes.

    D. L. Costill;J. Daniels;W. Evans;W. Fink

  • Cardiac output during submaximal and maximal work

    Per-Olof Åstrand;T. Edward Cuddy;Bengt Saltin;Jesper Stenberg

  • Human circulatory and thermoregulatory adaptations with heat acclimation and exercise in a hot, dry environment.

    B. Nielsen;J. R. S. Hales;S. Strange;N. J. Christensen

  • Cardiovascular Adaptations to Physical Training

    C G Blomqvist;Bengt Saltin

  • Maximal oxygen uptake and heart rate in various types of muscular activity.

    Per-Olof Åstrand;Bengt Saltin

  • Selective glycogen depletion pattern in human muscle fibres after exercise of varying intensity and at varying pedalling rates

    P. D. Gollnick;Karin Piehl;B. Saltin

  • Interleukin-6 stimulates lipolysis and fat oxidation in humans.

    Gerrit van Hall;Adam Steensberg;Massimo Sacchetti;Christian Fischer

  • Function, morphology and protein expression of ageing skeletal muscle: a cross-sectional study of elderly men with different training backgrounds.

    H Klitgaard;M Mantoni;S Schiaffino;S Ausoni

  • Effect of training on circulatory response to exercise.

    B Ekblom;P O Astrand;B Saltin;J Stenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Jose A. L. Calbet
Jose A. L. Calbet University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Ylva Hellsten
Ylva Hellsten University of Copenhagen
Jens Bangsbo
Jens Bangsbo University of Copenhagen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Bente Klarlund Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Jere H. Mitchell
Jere H. Mitchell The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Peter Krustrup
Peter Krustrup University of Southern Denmark
Bente Kiens
Bente Kiens University of Copenhagen
Niels H. Secher
Niels H. Secher University of Copenhagen
Mark A. Febbraio
Mark A. Febbraio Monash University
Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski
Jørgen F. P. Wojtaszewski University of Copenhagen

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