Asthma and recreational SCUBA diving: A systematic review

Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Koehle, Michael ^a   Lloyd Smith, Rob ^a   McKenzie, Don ^a   Taunton, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; BAROTRAUMA; DECISION MAKING; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; REVIEW; SAFETY;

ASTHMA; DECISION MAKING; DIVING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PREVALENCE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0037223481     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333020-00003     Document Type: Review

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