High-altitude alpine therapy and lung function in asthma: systematic review and meta-analysis

We used meta-analysis to measure the effect of high-altitude climate therapy (HACT) on lung function outcomes in asthma, and systematically searched PubMed, Embase and www.elibrary.ru for publications appearing from 1970 to mid-2015. We included studies carried out with children or adults with an ex...

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Main Authors: Denis Vinnikov, Abdullah Khafagy, Paul D. Blanc, Nurlan Brimkulov, Craig Steinmaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016-06-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/2/00097-2015.full