Small airway responsiveness to exercise as an objective measure of exercise-induced asthma in children

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-84

  Soferman, Ruth ^a,b   Spirer, Zvi ^a   Topilsky, Marcel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037623352     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088318703765068668     Document Type: Article

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