Speleotherapy for asthma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Beamon, Sylvia P ^a   Falkenbach, Albrecht ^a   Fainburg, Grigory ^b   Linde, Klaus ^c  

^a Perm State University ^*

^b PERM STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air ionization; Asthma *therapy ; Chronic disease; Climate; Environment; Humidity; Naturopathy *methods

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLIMATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPELEOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950172374     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001741     Document Type: Review

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