Measuring cough severity: Perspectives from the literature and from patients with chronic cough

Cough

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Vernon, Margaret ^a   Leidy, Nancy Kline ^a   Nacson, Alise ^a   Nelsen, Linda ^b  

^a UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 64749111615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-5-5     Document Type: Article

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