Voluntary and reflex cough: Similarities and differences

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-311

  Magni, Chiara ^a   Chellini, Elisa ^a   Lavorini, Federico ^a   Fontana, Giovanni A ^a   Widdicombe, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Electromyography; Expiration reflex; Expiratory flow

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARTICLE; COUGHING; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX;

COUGH; HUMANS; REFLEX; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 79955723756     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: 15229629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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