Persistence of upper respiratory tract infections in a cohort followed from childhood to adulthood

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-290

  Rovers, Maroeska M ^a,b   Balemans, Walter A F ^b   Sanders, Elisabeth A M ^b   van der Ent, Cornelis K ^b   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^c   Schilder, Anne G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cohort; ENT operations; Upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39049175527     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml001     Document Type: Article

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