Diagnostic performance of routine objective tests and cost-effective approach for chronic cough

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-542

  Jeon, Gang ^a   Jang, Seung Hun ^a   Song, Hae Geun ^a   Ha, Jun Wook ^a   Eom, Kwang Seok ^a   Bahn, Joon Woo ^a   Kim, Dong Gyu ^a   Shin, Tae Rim ^a   Park, Sang Myon ^a   Park, Yong Bum ^a   Kim, Chul Hong ^a   Hyun, In Gyu ^a   Jung, Ki Suck ^a,b  

^a Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Cost effective approach; Diagnostic performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANASAL SINUS; PROVOCATION TEST; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 20144378584     PISSN: 03780066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2004.57.6.535     Document Type: Article

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