A comparison of the effect of honey, dextromethorphan, and diphenhydramine on nightly cough and sleep quality in children and their parents

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 787-793

  Shadkam, Mahmood Noori ^a   Mozaffari Khosravi, Hassan ^a   Mozayan, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; APITHERAPY; COMPLICATION; COUGH; DRUG EFFECTS; PARENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME;

ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; APITHERAPY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954907714     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0311     Document Type: Article

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