Association between type of training and risk of asthma in elite athletes

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-160

  Helenius, Ilkka J ^a   Tikkanen, Heikki O ^b   Haahtela, Tari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KIHU Research Institute for Olympic Sports   (Finland)

Author keywords

asthma; sports; training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 0031028336     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.2.157     Document Type: Article

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