Predicting complications from acute cough in pre-school children in primary care: a prospective cohort study.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on January 01, 2004

Authors

Alastair D Hay1, Tom Fahey, Tim J Peters, Andrew Wilson

Author Affiliations

1: Health Services Research, Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Cotham Hill, Bristol. alastair.hay@bristol.ac.uk

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