Treatment of the common cold in children and adults

American Family Physician

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-159

  Fashner, Julia ^a   Ericson, Kevin ^a   Werner, Sarah ^a  

^a St Joseph Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BECLOMETASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CARBOCISTEINE; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; GARLIC EXTRACT; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; KALMCOLD; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMON COLD; COUGHING; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUID INTAKE; HAND WASHING; HONEY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; NASAL LAVAGE; NAUSEA; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PROPHYLAXIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; TASTE DISORDER; VOMITING;

EID: 84864705357     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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