Cough in the community: A cross sectional survey and the relationship to gastrointestinal symptoms

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 975-979

  Ford, A C ^b   Forman, D ^c   Moayyedi, P ^d   Morice, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; DYSPEPSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COUGH; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748528804     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.060087     Document Type: Article

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