The role of sports and exercise in allergic disease: Drawbacks and benefits

Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 993-1003

  Silva, Diana ^a   Moreira, Andre ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asthma; athletes; exercise; physical activity; sports

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ATHLETE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SPORT; SPORTS ASTHMA; SWIMMING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ASTHMA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SPORTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84939608126     PISSN: 1744666X     EISSN: 17448409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/1744666X.2015.1058158     Document Type: Review

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