The prevalence and current opinion of treatment of allergic rhinitis in elite athletes

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-108

  Dijkstra, Hendrik P ^a   Robson Ansley, Paula ^b  

^a LoughboroughUniversity   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; antihistamines; athletic performance; intranasal corticosteroids; rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 6; NOSE SPRAY;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NASAL PRURITUS; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SMELLING DISORDER; SNEEZING; THERMOREGULATION; TRAINING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SKIN TESTS; SPORTS;

EID: 79952422053     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3283445852     Document Type: Article

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