Antibiotic prescribing and outcomes of lower respiratory tract infection in UK primary care

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1163-1172

  Winchester, Christopher C ^a   Macfarlane, Tatiana V ^a   Thomas, Mike ^a   Price, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 65949114841     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2940     Document Type: Article

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