Clinical and laboratory evaluation of upper respiratory symptoms in elite athletes

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 438-445

  Cox, Amanda J ^a,b   Gleeson, Maree ^b   Pyne, David B ^a   Callister, Robin ^b   Hopkins, Will G ^c   Fricker, Peter A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Athletes; Illness; Immunity; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OTALGIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RIGOR; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORTS MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149192028     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e318181e501     Document Type: Article

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