Managing Upper Respiratory Tract Infections: Practice Without Evidence

Overview

Journal J Gen Intern Med

Publisher Springer

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1999 Apr 16

PMID 10203630

Authors

E Lautenbach

J P Metlay

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