Asthma deaths during sports: Report of a 7-year experience

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-267

  Becker, Jack M ^a   Rogers, James ^b   Rossini, Gregory ^c   Mirchandani, Haresh ^d   D'Alonzo Jr , Gilbert E ^b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pulmon Associates of Lancaster LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d Chief Medical Examiner's Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Asthma mortality; Cardiac death; Competitive athlete; Mild intermittent asthma; Recreational athlete; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BASKETBALL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 1142309489     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.10.052     Document Type: Article

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