Systematic review of the treatment of upper respiratory tract infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-230

  Fahey, Tom ^a   Stocks, Nigel ^a   Thomas, Toby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Meta analysis; Respiratory tract infections; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031663421     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.79.3.225     Document Type: Article

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