Therapy for cough: Where does it fall short?

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-513

  Chang, Anne B ^a,b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

adults; children; clinical studies; cough; therapies

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; CODEINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; GABAPENTIN; GUAIFENESIN; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; OXYMETAZOLINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOLCODEINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COUGHING; DRUG SAFETY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80052626855     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.11.35     Document Type: Review

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