The citric acid cough threshold and the ventilatory response to carbon dioxide on ascent to high altitude

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1182-1188

  Thompson, A A Roger ^a,b   Baillie, J Kenneth ^b,c   Bates, Matthew G D ^b   Schnopp, Martin F ^b   Simpson, Alistair ^b   Partridge, Roland W ^b   Drummond, Gordon B ^c   Mason, Nicholas P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Citric acid cough threshold; Cough; High altitude; Hypercapnic ventilatory response; Ventilatory control

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEA LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRIC ACID; COLD TEMPERATURE; COUGH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; HYPERCAPNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649242862     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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