Asthma in United States Olympic athletes who participated in the 1998 Olympic Winter Games

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 267-271

  Weiler, John M ^a   Ryan III, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Athletics; Exercise induced asthma; Olympics; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; NEDOCROMIL; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT; WINTER;

EID: 0033836253     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2000.108605     Document Type: Article

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