The prescribing patterns of wisconsin family physicians surrounding saline nasal irrigation for upper respiratory conditions

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 146-150

  Rabago, David ^a   Zgierska, Aleksandra ^a   Peppard, Paul ^a   Bamber, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAY FEVER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHINOSINUSITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 68949143043     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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