Antibiotics to promote growth in children?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS;

EID: 84899029462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g2624     Document Type: Editorial

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