What's the basis for treating infections your way? Quality assessment of review articles on the treatment of urinary and respiratory tract infections in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1454-1461

  Lutters, M ^a   Vogt, N ^a  

^a Hopital de Geriatrie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infections; Older people; Practice guidelines; Quality assessment; Review articles

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0033777170     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02637.x     Document Type: Article

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