Night cough in a population-based sample of children: Characteristics, relation to symptoms and associations with measures of asthma severity

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Brooke, A M ^a   Lambert, P C ^a   Burton, P R ^b   Clarke, C ^a   Luyt, D K ^a   Simpson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asthma severity; Childhood wheeze; Environmental factors; Night cough; Population study; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WHEEZING;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 0030030783     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09010065     Document Type: Article

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