The determinants of prevalence of health complaints among young competitive swimmers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-39

  Lévesque, Benoit ^a,b   Duchesne, Jean François ^b   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   Lavoie, Robert ^c   Prud'Homme, Denis ^d   Bernard, Emmanuelle ^d   Boulet, Louis Philippe ^c   Ernst, Pierre ^e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chlorine by products; Respiratory diseases; Swimming pool; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHLORINATION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAINING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCCER; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33749351434     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0100-0     Document Type: Article

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