Prevention of upper respiratory tract infections by gargling: A randomized trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-307

  Satomura, Kazunari ^a   Kitamura, Tetsuhisa ^b   Kawamura, Takashi ^a   Shimbo, Takuro ^a   Watanabe, Motoi ^c   Kamei, Mitsuhiro ^d   Takano, Yoshihisa ^d   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d Faculty of Education ^*

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POVIDONE IODINE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GARGLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 26944470005     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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