A framework for understanding shared substrates of airway protection

Deficits of airway protection can have deleterious effects to health and quality of life. Effective airway protection requires a continuum of behaviors including swallowing and cough. Swallowing prevents material from entering the airway and coughing ejects endogenous material from the airway. There...

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Main Authors: Michelle Shevon TROCHE, Alexandra Essman BRANDIMORE, Juliana GODOY, Karen Wheeler HEGLAND
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2014-07-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572014000400251&lng=en&tlng=en