Trends in childhood illness and treatment in Australian general practice, 1971-2001

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 216-219

  Charles, Janice ^a   Pan, Ying ^a   Britt, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ASTEMIZOLE; BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CEFACLOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXPECTORANT AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; MEASLES MUMPS VACCINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; ROXITHROMYCIN; RUBELLA VACCINE; SALBUTAMOL; SULFONAMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VARICELLA ZOSTER VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONSULTATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

EID: 1542300132     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05888.x     Document Type: Article

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