Antiviral prescribing by office-based physicians during the 2009 h1n1 pandemic

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-76

  Hersh, Adam L ^a   Stafford, Randall S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICINE; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79551596422     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-1-201101040-00019     Document Type: Letter

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