Clinical and psychosocial predictors of illness duration from randomised controlled trial of prescribing strategies for sore throat

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7212, 1999, Pages 736-737

  Little, P ^a   Gould, C ^a   Williamson, I ^a   Warner, G ^b   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;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SORE THROAT;

EID: 0033581303     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7212.736     Document Type: Article

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