Commentary on: 'Immunostimulants for preventing respiratory tract infection in children' with a response from the review authors

Evidence-Based Child Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 718-720

  Weinberger, Miles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Immunostimulents; Innate immunity; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867973447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15576272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ebch.1834     Document Type: Note

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