%0 Journal Article %T Effect of Short-Term Exposure to High Particulate Levels on Cough Reflex Sensitivity in Healthy Tourists: A Pilot Study %A Kumiko Ito %A Masahiro Kohzuki %A Peijun Gui %A Ryuhei Sato %A Satoru Ebihara %J Archive of "The Open Respiratory Medicine Journal". %D 2016 %R 10.2174/1874306401610010096 %X Previous studies have reported a relationship between particulate air pollution and respiratory symptoms or decline in lung function, but information about acute effects of short-term exposure to airborne particulate matter (PM) on cough and pulmonary function is scarce %K Cough reflex %K Particulate matter %K Leicester cough questionnaire-acute %K Pulmonary function %K Short-term exposure %K Urge-to-cough %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5299579/