Cough and phlegm are important predictors of health status in smokers without COPD

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1427-1433

  Heijdra, Yvonne F ^a   Pinto Plata, Victor M ^b   Kenney, Lawrence A ^b   Rassulo, John ^b   Celli, Bartolome R ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cough; Quality of life; Smoking; Sputum

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; SPUTUM; WALKING;

EID: 0036246988     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.5.1427     Document Type: Article

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