Is pertussis being considered as a cause of persistent cough among adults?

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1013-1015

  Couzigou, Carine ^a   Flahault, Antoine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Epidemiology; Pertussis; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FRANCE; HUMANS; WHOOPING COUGH;

EID: 0142027089     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025860917328     Document Type: Article

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