Feasibility study: Honey for treatment of cough in children

Pediatric Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 31-34

  Ahmed, Naveed ^a   Sutcliffe, Alastair ^b   Tipper, Claire ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common cold; Common illnesses; Community medicine; Pediatrics; Primary care; Upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT; GLYCEROL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALLUCINATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HONEY; HUMAN; LEMON; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84879858857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20367503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/pr.2013.e8     Document Type: Article

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