Over the counter cough medicines for acute cough

BMJ

Volumn 324, Issue 7346, 2002, Pages 1158-

  Walmsley, James ^a   Marshall, Graham ^a   Widdicombe, John ^b   Morice, Alyn ^c   Checkland, Kath ^d  

^a The Boots Company PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d Marple Cottage Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BROMHEXINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; LORATADINE; MOGUISTEINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; SALBUTAMOL; TERFENADINE;

CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; COUGH; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0037062090     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.324.7346.1158     Document Type: Letter

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