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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9657

8 May 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/research
Asthma among athletes under observation

Brussels, 07/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - At the forthcoming Olympic Games to be held in Beijing in August, a team from a European research network will follow athletes from ten European countries, to study allergies and asthma and identify differences in prevalence between a range of sports and between regions. Around 20% of summer sports athletes suffer from asthma, according to a number of studies. The highest prevalence is found in those involved in endurance sports, such as running,...

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