Saline nasal irrigation for acute upper respiratory tract infections

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kassel, Jessica ^a   King, D ^b   Spurling, G K P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; LAVAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARYNGITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; RHINORRHEA; SINUSITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 44949163736     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006821     Document Type: Review

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