Reduced antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in adults and children.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on October 01, 2009

Authors

Sharon B Meropol1, Zhen Chen, Joshua P Metlay

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Penn Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. meropols@mail.med.upenn.edu

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