Cough reflex sensitivity in cigarette smokers

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 685-688

  Dicpinigaitis, Peter V ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Albert Einstein Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Cough; Pulmonary function tests; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFLEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037337423     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.3.685     Document Type: Article

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