Antibiotics for acute cough in primary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7703, 2009, Pages 1088-

  Hay, Alastair D ^a   Jüttner, Katy V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COUGH; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650091699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b834     Document Type: Editorial

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