The laws of acute otitis media

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 109-135

  Harrison, Christopher J ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFDINIR; CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFPROZIL; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANXIETY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG POTENCY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INHERITANCE; INTERNET; OTITIS MEDIA; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 0037357498     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(03)00004-6     Document Type: Review

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