Effects of water immersion on pulmonary function in asthmatics

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-82

  Leddy, J J ^a   Roberts, A ^a   Moalem, J ^a   Curry, T ^a   Lundgren, C E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Closing volume; Diving; Exercise; Pulmonary barotrauma; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMERSION; LUNG; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LUNG; MALE; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0035382682     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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