Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction and atopy in Tunisian athletes

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sallaoui, Ridha ^a   Chamari, Karim ^b   Mossa, Abbas ^c   Tabka, Zouhair ^d   Chtara, Moktar ^b   Feki, Youssef ^e   Amri, Mohamed ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS CNMSS   (Tunisia)

^c United Arabic Emirates National Olympic Commitee   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^e FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRICK TEST; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; TUNISIA; AIR POLLUTANT; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RUNNING; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ASTHMA, EXERCISE-INDUCED; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLLEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUNNING; SEASONS; SPIROMETRY; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549095794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-8     Document Type: Article

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