Reconsidering sore throats - Part 2: Alternative approach and practical office tool

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue MAR., 1997, Pages 495-500

  McIsaac, Warren J ^a   Goel, Vivek ^b   Slaughter, Pamela M ^b   Parsons, G Wayne ^b   Woolnough, K V ^b   Weir, Paul T ^b   Ennet, Joseph R ^b  

^a Mt Sinai Family Medicine Centre   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COST; HUMAN; PHARYNGITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHARYNGITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0030897868     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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