Sex differences in pulmonary function during exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-668

  Harms, Craig A ^a   Rosenkranz, Sara ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Gender; Hormones; Ventilatory limitations

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; SEX HORMONE;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40949152443     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181621325     Document Type: Short Survey

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