Overuse of asthma medication in athletics?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 925-

  Rundell, Kenneth W ^a  

^a MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOTE; PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SPIROGRAPHY; SPORT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; DOPING IN SPORTS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642514056     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000128142.49821.FD     Document Type: Note

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