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Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Cough

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Chung, K.F., Widdicombe, J.G. (2009). Cough: Setting the Scene. In: Chung, K.F., Widdicombe, J. (eds) Pharmacology and Therapeutics of Cough. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 187. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79842-2_1

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