Physical activity, stress, and self-reported upper respiratory tract infection

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-279

  Fondell, Elinor ^a   Lagerros, Ylva Trolle ^a   Sundberg, Carl Johan ^a   Lekander, Mats ^a,b,c   Bölter, Olle ^a,d   Rothman, Kenneth J ^e,f   Bölter, Katarina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

common cold; epidemiology; Exercise; influenza; urti; web questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751648655     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181edf108     Document Type: Article

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