Are the prevalence and treatment of asthma similar in elite athletes and the aged-matched non-athlete population?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-627

  Locke, S ^a,b,c   Marks, G ^d  

^a GREENSLOPES PRIVATE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti asthmatic drugs; Bronchial asthma; Frequency; Sport

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS;

EID: 37149032441     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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