Some concerns remain about the proposed association between swimming and asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1419-

  Klootwijk, Tim ^a   Krul, Marjolein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84455201636     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.184.12.1419     Document Type: Letter

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