Acute bronchitis in adults: How close do we come to its aetiology in general practice?

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 156-160

  Jonsson, Jon Steinar ^a,c   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^a   Kristinsson, Karl G ^b   Guonadóttir, Margret ^b   Magnusson, Sveinn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c Gardabaer Community Health Centre   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Acute bronchitis; Aetiology; C reactive protein; General practice

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030884174     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813439709018507     Document Type: Article

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