Use of antibiotics for sore throat and incidence of quinsy

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 534, 2007, Pages 45-49

  Dunn, Nick ^a   Lane, Dan ^a   Everitt, Hazel ^a   Little, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Incidence; Quinsy; Sore throat

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PHARYNGITIS; SMOKING;

EID: 33846056210     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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