Prescribing antibiotics to patients with acute cough and otitis media

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 524, 2006, Pages 164-165

  Lindbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHITIS; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; COUGHING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASTOIDITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; COUGH; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33644827859     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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