Management of upper respiratory tract infections in children

South African Family Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Cotton, Mark F ^a   Innes, S ^a   Jaspan, H ^a   Madide, A ^a   Rabie, H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMANTADINE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GUAIFENESIN; IBUPROFEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; IRON; LIVE VACCINE; MACROLIDE; NOSE SPRAY; OSELTAMIVIR; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PROPOLIS; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; RIMANTADINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIPLE VACCINE; ZANAMIVIR;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; ECHINACEA; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEADACHE; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; INFLUENZA VIRUS C; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PERTUSSIS; PHARYNGITIS; RASH; RHINORRHEA; RHINOSINUSITIS; RHINOVIRUS; RNA VIRUS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SNEEZING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOBACCO; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VOMITING;

EID: 44449117571     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2008.10873685     Document Type: Article

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