Antibiotics for colds in children: Who are the high prescribers?

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 349-352

  Mainous III, Arch G ^a,c   Hueston, William J ^b,c   Love, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENTUCKY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031945995     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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