Effects of breathing cold and warm air on lung function and physical performance in asthmatic and nonasthmatic athletes during exercise in the cold

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 813, Issue , 1997, Pages 751-756

  Sandsund, Mariann ^a   Færevik, Hilde ^a   Reinertsen, Randi E ^a   Bjermer, Leif ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; COLD AIR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; WINTER;

EID: 0030963406     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb51778.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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