Prescribing practices in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections in anthroposophic medicine;Verordnungsverhalten anthroposophisch orientierter ärzte bei akuten infektionen der oberen atemwege

Forschende Komplementarmedizin

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 207-215

  Jeschke, E ^a,c   Luke C ^a   Ostermann, T ^b   Tabali, M ^a   Hubner J ^a   Matthes, H ^a  

^a Hospital Havelhöhe   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Complementary medicine; Health services research; Prescriptions; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BEE VENOM; BELLADONNA ALKALOID; CEFACLOR; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EUPHORBIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIUM; FERRUM PHOSPHORICUM; HOMEOPATHIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; MERCURIC CYANIDE; OLEUM AETHEREUM; PENICILLIN V; PROSPAN; PYRIT; SINUFORTON; TETRACYCLINE; UMCKALOABO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINNOBER;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548668680     PISSN: 16614119     EISSN: 16614127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104171     Document Type: Article

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