High incidence of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in triathletes of the Swiss national team

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 486-491

  Knöpfli, Bruno H ^a,b,c   Luke Zeitoun, Mona ^b   Von Duvillard, Serge P ^a   Burki, Adrian ^b,c   Bachlechner, Christian ^b   Keller, Heidi ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^b Alpine Children's Hospital Davos   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Triathlon Association (tri)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS REACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXERCISE TEST; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROBABILITY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPORTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34547653202     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.030569     Document Type: Article

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