Probiotics for preventing acute upper respiratory tract infections

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Hao, Qiukui ^a   Dong, Bi Rong ^a   Wu, Taixiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; NAUSEA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84934324460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006895.pub3     Document Type: Review

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