Seasonal fluctuations in airway responsiveness in elite endurance athletes

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 399-401

  Hemingson, Howard B ^a   Davis, Beth E ^a   Cockcroft, Donald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway responsiveness; Athletes; Cold air exposure; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY CONDUCTANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUTUMN; COLD AIR; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RUNNING; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; WINTER;

EID: 7244256104     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2004/601014     Document Type: Article

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