Open randomised trial of prescribing strategies in managing sore throat

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7082, 1997, Pages 722-727

  Little, P ^a   Williamson, I ^a   Warner, G ^b   Gould, C ^a   Gantley, M ^a   Kinmonth, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nightingale Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031054529     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7082.722     Document Type: Article

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