Fit for the fight? Illnesses in the Norwegian team in the Vancouver Olympic Games

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 571-575

  Hanstad, Dag Vidar ^a,b   Rønsen, Ola ^b   Andersen, Svein S ^a,c   Steffen, Kathrin ^a,d   Engebretsen, Lars ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Olympic Top Sports Program (Olympiatoppen)   (Norway)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^d International Olympic Committee   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICS;

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SPORTS; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 79955878365     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.081364     Document Type: Article

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