Gender Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients Complaining of Chronic Cough

Chest

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 482-488

  French, Cynthia T ^a   Fletcher, Kenneth E ^a   Irwin, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Gender differences in chronic cough; Gender differences in cough and quality of life; Health related quality of life; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALE UP; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1242306659     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.482     Document Type: Article

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