A new use for an old holter monitor: An ambulatory cough meter

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1637-1639

  Chang, A B ^a,b   Newman, R G ^a   Phelan, P D ^a   Robertson, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Cough; Cough meter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COUGH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RECURRENCE; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0030814061     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10071637     Document Type: Article

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