Letter to the editor [1]

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 798-800

  Davey, Peter ^a   Donnan, Peter ^a   Fleming, Douglas ^b   Wise, Richard ^c   Woodhead, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3042549091     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.03.015     Document Type: Letter

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