Acute cough in adults

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-51

  Worrall, Graham ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MUCOLYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CHILL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MYALGIA; PNEUMONIA; RHINORRHEA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COUGH; HUMANS;

EID: 79551715219     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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