The acute effect of swimming on airway inflammation in adolescent elite swimmers

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 502-504

  Pedersen, Lars ^a,b   Lund, Thomas K ^a   Mølgaard, Ellen ^a   Kharitonov, Sergei A ^b   Barnes, Peter J ^b   Backer, Vibeke ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CHLORINE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; SPUTUM; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 59449089913     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.11.039     Document Type: Letter

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