The Quality of Life in Coughers

Cough: Causes, Mechanisms and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 75-79

  Irwin, Richard S ^a   French, Cynthia L ^b   Fletcher, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Coughers; Medical attention; Quality; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941207746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755846.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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