General practitioner management of upper respiratory tract infections: When are antibiotics prescribed?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1122, 2000, Pages 493-496

  Arroll, Bruce ^a   Goodyear Smith, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT CARE; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCRIPTION; SINUSITIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TONSILLITIS; TRAVEL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMON COLD; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0034711423     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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