The relationship between asthma control and quality-of-life impairment due to chronic cough: A real-life study

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-374

  Braido, Fulvio ^a,c   Baiardini, Ilaria ^a   Balestracci, Sara ^a   Fassio, Omar ^b   Ravera, Silvia ^a   Bellotti, Michele ^a   Canonica, Giorgio Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c DIMI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS;

EID: 53549108058     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60312-2     Document Type: Article

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