Motor Mechanisms and the Mechanics of Cough

Cough: Causes, Mechanisms and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 193-205

  Fontana, Giovanni A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airway smooth muscle; Cessation; Inspiratory phase; Motor mechanisms; Mucociliary escalator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948779523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755846.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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