What is cough and what should be measured?

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-312

  Fontana, Giovanni A ^a   Widdicombe, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cough epochs; Cough frequency; Cough intensity; Cough sound; Measurement of cough

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COUGHING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

COUGH; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; HUMANS; REFLEX; SOUND;

EID: 34047103557     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: 15229629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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