Winter sports athletes: Long-term effects of cold air exposure

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 397-401

  Sue Chu, Malcolm ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; COLD; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPORT; SPUTUM;

ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHITIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SEASONS; SPORTS; SPUTUM;

EID: 84860134632     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090822     Document Type: Review

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