A retrospective survey of diagnosis and management of patients presenting with chronic cough to a general chest clinic

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 158-161

  McGarvey, L P A ^a   Heaney, L G ^a   MacMahon, J ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031944837     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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