Prescribing for persistent cough in children

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 638-641

  Picciotto, A ^a   Hubbard, M ^a   Sturdy, P ^b   Naish, J ^b   McKenzie, S A ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; COUGHING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031923056     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90510-8     Document Type: Article

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