Sensitivity of exercise testing for asthma in adolescents is halved in the summer

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Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2408-2411

  Goldberg, Shmuel ^a   Schwartz, Shepard ^a   Izbicki, Gabriel ^a   Hamami, Ronit Belisha ^a   Picard, Elie ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Asthma; Exercise test; Season

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPIROMETRY; SUMMER;

EID: 27144463071     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.4.2408     Document Type: Article

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