Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1633-1641 , September 2006

Humidity influences exercise capacity in subjects with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB)

  • T. Stensrud

      Affiliations

    • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, P.O. Box 4014 Ullevaal Stadion, NO-0806 Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +4723262346; fax: +4723408260.
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  • S. Berntsen

      Affiliations

    • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, P.O. Box 4014 Ullevaal Stadion, NO-0806 Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • K.-H. Carlsen

      Affiliations

    • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, P.O. Box 4014 Ullevaal Stadion, NO-0806 Oslo, Norway
    • Voksentoppen BKL, National Hospital (Rikshospitalet), Oslo, Norway

Received 4 October 2005 ,Accepted 5 December 2005.

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☆ The study is performed within the ORAACLE (the Oslo Research group for Asthma and Allergy in Childhood; the Lung and Environment), which is member of the Ga2len, Network of Centers of Excellence.

PII: S0954-6111(05)00524-X

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.12.001

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 100, Issue 9 , Pages 1633-1641 , September 2006

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