The treatment of acute bronchitis by general practitioners in the UK: Results of a cross sectional postal survey

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 676-679

  Stocks, Nigel P ^a   Fahey, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHITIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 0036636127     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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