Probiotics for preventing acute upper respiratory tract infections

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Z ^b   Dong, Birong ^a   Huang, C ^b   Wu, T ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIGLOTTITIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LARYNGOTRACHEOBRONCHITIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHARYNGITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; RISK FACTOR; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 44949226967     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006895     Document Type: Review

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