Pulmonary functions in Indian sportsmen playing different sports

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 412-416

  Mehrotra, Prateek Kumar ^a,d   Varma, Narsingh ^b   Tiwari, Sunita ^b   Kumar, Prabhat ^c  

^a GSVM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Balrampur Hospital   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

FEV 1; FVC; PEFR; Pulmonary functions; Sports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; SWIMMING;

ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INDIA; LUNG; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPORTS;

EID: 0031691354     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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