Acute effects of ski waxing on pulmonary function

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1379-1382

  Hoffman, Martin D ^a,b   Clifford, Philip S ^a   Varkey, Basil ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sports Performance and Technol Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary diffusing capacity; Respiratory function tests; Skiing; Ventilation function; Waxes

Indexed keywords

WAX;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG INJURY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ROOM VENTILATION; SKIING; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PARAFFIN; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; SKIING; SPIROMETRY; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; WAXES;

EID: 0030829768     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199710000-00016     Document Type: Article

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