Interventions to reduce childhood antibiotic prescribing for upper respiratory infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1162-1170

  Hu, Yanhong ^a   Walley, John ^b   Chou, Roger ^c   Tucker, Joseph D ^d,e   Harwell, Joseph I ^f,g   Wu, Xinyin ^a   Yin, Jia ^a   Zou, Guanyang ^g   Wei, Xiaolin ^a,g,h  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNC Project China   (China)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f CLINTON HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE   (United States)

^g China Global Health Research and Development   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD HEALTH; META-ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977592601     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206543     Document Type: Article

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