Exercise-induced asthma: Why is it so frequent in Olympic athletes?

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-3

  Moreira, André ^a,b   Delgado, Luís ^a,b   Carlsen, Kai Håkon ^c,d  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

asthma; athletes; Olympic

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 5;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BRONCHOSPASM; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; EXERCISE INDUCED BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RUNNING; SWIMMING; WHEEZING; WINTER SPORT;

EID: 79952176850     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.10.88     Document Type: Editorial

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