Oral and topical antibiotic prescriptions for children in general practice.

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Published in Arch Dis Child on December 25, 2012

Authors

Eefje G P M de Bont1, Inge H M van Loo, Nicole H T M Dukers-Muijrers, Christian J P A Hoebe, Catharina A Bruggeman, Geert-Jan Dinant, Jochen W L Cals

Author Affiliations

1: Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, Maastricht 6200 MD, The Netherlands. eefje.debont@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Associated clinical trials:

Optimizing Management and Medication of Febrile Children in Out-of-hours Primary Care: CHILI Cluster RCT (CHILI) | NCT02594553

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