Mucus Hypersecretion and Mucus Clearance in Cough

Cough: Causes, Mechanisms and Therapy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 207-216

  Michael Foster, W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway mucus; Cough; Mucociliary clearance; Mucus hypersecretion; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948799121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470755846.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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