Symptoms are an important outcome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical trials: results of a 3-month comparative study using the Breathlessness, Cough and Sputum Scale (BCSS).

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Published in Respir Med on January 01, 2003

Authors

B Celli1, D Halpin, R Hepburn, N Byrne, E T Keating, M Goldman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, St Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA. Bartolome_Celli@cchcs.org

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