Antibiotics for respiratory tract infections in primary care

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7627, 2007, Pages 946-947

  Coenen, Samuel ^a   Goossens, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 36349000532     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39357.571343.80     Document Type: Editorial

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