Effect of honey on nocturnal cough and sleep quality: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 465-471

  Cohen, Herman Avner ^a,b   Rozen, Josef ^b,c   Kristal, Haim ^a,b   Laks, Yoseph ^b,d   Berkovitch, Mati ^b,e   Uziel, Yosef ^b,f   Kozer, Eran ^b,e   Pomeranz, Avishalom ^b,f   Efrat, Haim ^g  

^a Pediatric Ambulatory Community Clinic   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Pediatric Ambulatory Community Clinic   (Israel)

^d Pediatric Ambulatory Community Clinic   (Israel)

^e ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g Volcani Agricultural Research Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Cough; Honey

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CHILD; CITRUS; CITRUS HONEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS HONEY; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; LABIATAE HONEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURNAL COUGH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HONEY; HUMANS; INFANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SLEEP;

EID: 84865744504     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3075     Document Type: Article

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